Andreescu beat Serena Williams within the 2019 US Open Remaining to win her maiden Grand Slam title.
Former champion Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the US Open 2023 because of harm, organisers mentioned on Saturday, August 7. Whereas the organisers didn’t elaborate on the explanation behind the withdrawal, Andreescu had mentioned that she suffered a stress fracture in her again final month in Canada.
Andreescu, who received the match in 2019, misplaced her opening match on the Citi Open 2023 final month earlier than happening in straight units to Camila Giorgi on the Canadian Open 2023.
She seemed to be in discomfort in opposition to Italian Giorgi and wanted to name a physiotherapist on court docket.
Andreescu then withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters, saying: “Throughout my match in Washington, I began experiencing ache in my again that saved getting worse, and I did the whole lot I may the opposite night time in Montreal to play at my highest stage.
“All of this led me to bear medical examinations, and sadly, the outcomes have revealed a small stress fracture in my again.”
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Andreescu, 23, was scheduled to face Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko within the US Open first spherical.
Former world quantity two Paula Badosa additionally mentioned on Saturday that she would miss the yr’s final Grand Slam with an harm.
The 25-year-old Spaniard, who was because of play Venus Williams in a first-round match underneath the lights on Tuesday, introduced she was shutting down her season to give attention to getting wholesome.
“These of you who know me know the way a lot I wish to compete and the way tough it has been to make this determination… See you subsequent yr, stronger than ever,” Badosa mentioned on social media.
It has been a season to overlook for Badosa, who missed the French Open with a stress fracture in her backbone and withdrew from her second-round match at Wimbledon because of a again harm.
