Caroline Wozniacki silently pulls out of Australian Open

Caroline Wozniacki has silently withdrawn from the Australian Open resulting from unspecified causes as followers observed the Dane’s identify was crossed on the match’s entry checklist. 

The 2018 Australian Open champion, who stunningly returned to tennis in mid-2023 after being retired for 3 and a half years, hasn’t performed since final 12 months’s US Open. 

Nonetheless, that did not come as a shock for the reason that former world No. 1 revealed at the beginning of the ultimate Grand Slam of the season that it could possible be her final match in 2024 and that she would then flip her focus to making ready for 2025. 

Since Wozniacki is at the moment ranked at No. 70 on the planet, she gained a direct entry into the Joyful Slam and did not want a wildcard like 12 months in the past. 

However after not signing up for any tournaments main as much as the opening Main of the 12 months, the 34-year-old additionally will not compete at Melbourne Park. 

Australian Open entry checklist© Tennis Australia

 

Final 12 months, Wozniacki returned to Melbourne for the primary time since 2020

Since Melbourne Park was the place the place her maiden Grand Slam title got here, the Dane picked it because the place the place she needed to retire in 2020. 

4 years later, she returned to Melbourne as an energetic participant and did not cover her happiness and pleasure.

“Melbourne will all the time have a particular place in my coronary heart. I all the time actually loved enjoying right here. Coming again right here, clearly successful the match, it is one thing that I do not take as a right. It is actually nice to have the chance to play once more,” Wozniacki mentioned on the time. 

In her first Australian Open match in 4 years, the Danish tennis star was 6-2 2-0 up on Magda Linette earlier than the Pole retired. 

However then, her comeback marketing campaign abruptly ended following a shock second-round defeat to Maria Timofeeva.

Now that she is out of the opening Slam of the 12 months, will probably be attention-grabbing to see if she breaks her silence within the upcoming days and divulges the rationale for her withdrawal.