Karolina Pliskova is out of the Australian Open and the previous world No. 1 has additionally indicated that she is going to miss at the least the primary two months of the 2025 season and attempt to return to motion throughout the Sunshine Double.
In late August, the Czech tennis star overcame Mayar Sherif in a decent three-set battle earlier than pulling out of her second-round match in opposition to Jasmine Paolini. After that, the two-time Grand Slam finalist determined to surgically restore harm on her left ankle.
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In recent times, Pliskova additionally battled another accidents – most notably the wrist subject that pressured her to overlook the 2022 Australian Open.
“I can’t run yet and we’re quite far from tennis. I don’t want to rush anything. I already made a mistake with my hand – I played in pain for a month and a half, and I still didn’t win anything. It doesn’t make sense. So I’ll take the protected ranking and come back in March for Indian Wells and Miami, maybe. Of course, if another snag doesn’t appear,” the 2019 Australian Open semifinalist instructed Czech media.
Pliskova underlines her intention shouldn’t be solely to return for the sake of returning
Since reaching the 2021 Wimbledon closing, the 32-year-old hasn’t had a lot success however accidents contributed to that. However regardless that her state of affairs is all however preferrred, the present world No. 41 highlighted to her followers that she desires to do some large issues once more.
“I don’t need to find yourself sidelined by harm or simply surviving on the courtroom. I simply need to get again to regular and play some extra,” she added.
In 2024, Pliskova struggled with consistency and posted a 20-16 report. Nevertheless, she was nonetheless capable of make two notable outcomes – the Czech received the WTA 250 match in Cluj-Napoca and likewise made the Nottingham closing.