Third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka withdrew from Wimbledon on Monday due to an injured shoulder.
The 2-time Australian Open champion was alleged to play Emina Bektas of the USA within the first spherical on Day 1 on the grass-court Grand Slam match.
“I attempted every thing to get myself prepared however sadly my shoulder will not be cooperating,” Sabalenka mentioned on Instagram.
“I pushed myself to the restrict in observe at this time to strive my greatest, however my crew defined that enjoying would solely make issues a lot worse,” she added.
“This match means a lot to me and I promise I will be again stronger than ever subsequent 12 months.”
Sabalenka, who suffered a decrease again harm this 12 months and struggled with sickness on the French Open throughout her quarterfinal loss to 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, sustained the harm throughout final month’s Berlin Open.
The Australian Open champion mentioned Saturday that she was nonetheless not 100% heading into the 12 months’s third Grand Slam.
Sabalenka was changed within the draw by Erika Andreeva, who misplaced in qualifying final week.
Info from The Related Press and Reuters was used on this report.
