MELBOURNE, Australia — Ajla Tomljanovic, who beat Serena Williams in her closing match finally yr’s US Open, and Paula Badosa, who was seeded eleventh at Melbourne Park, withdrew from the Australian Open on Saturday due to accidents.
Tomljanovic is coping with a nasty knee that compelled her to skip the United Cup this month. Badosa has a damage thigh.
Their exits will enable Leolia Jeanjean and Laura Pigossi — two gamers who misplaced in qualifying — to maneuver into the principle draw on the yr’s first Grand Slam event, which begins Monday (Sunday night time EST).
Tomljanovic, at the moment ranked thirty fifth, wrote on Twitter: “I’ve achieved completely every part in my energy to get wholesome however simply ran out of time to heal and be 100% able to compete at a excessive stage.”
She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022. Her 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 victory over Williams — who had introduced earlier than play started at Flushing Meadows that she was able to stroll away from her enjoying profession — put Tomljanovic within the fourth spherical in New York for the primary time.
Badosa, who has been ranked as excessive as No. 2, pulled out of the semifinals on the Adelaide Worldwide event this week after injuring her thigh there.