{"id":14719,"date":"2023-12-30T02:14:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T07:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/karolina-muchova-wrist-withdraws-from-australian-open\/30\/12\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-30T02:14:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T07:14:41","slug":"karolina-muchova-wrist-withdraws-from-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/karolina-muchova-wrist-withdraws-from-australian-open\/30\/12\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Karolina Muchova (wrist) withdraws from Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Karolina Muchova<\/a> has pulled out of next month’s Australian Open with a nagging wrist injury that also kept her out of the WTA Finals in October.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Czech player, who is No. 8 in the WTA rankings, enjoyed one of her best seasons this year and finished runner-up to the top-ranked Iga Swiatek<\/a> at the French Open before a run to the US Open semifinals in September, where she suffered the right wrist issue.<\/p>\n

She was set to compete in the season-ending championships in Cancun for the first time before pulling out and being replaced by Maria Sakkari<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This isn’t my favourite thing to share especially at the start of a new season, but unfortunately the pain in the wrist came back in the middle of my preparation,” Muchova, a former Melbourne Park semifinalist, said on Instagram on Thursday. “I therefore have to postpone the start of the season and fully heal my wrist first. It’s frustrating but I have to keep positive, recover and get ready for the rest of the year.”<\/p>\n

The Australian Open takes place Jan. 14-28.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Karolina Muchova has pulled out of next month’s Australian Open with a nagging wrist injury that also kept her out of the