INDIAN WELLS, California. – Czech Republic No. 2 in the world Barbora Krejcikova has announced that she will retire from the Indian Wells tournament that will take place this week due to pain in her hand.
“I was really looking forward to playing with Indian Wells, but unfortunately it will not be possible this year,” said No. 1 seed on Tuesday night, “extremely disappointed” with the situation.
“I had intermittent pain in one hand from Doha, which intensified last night,” he describes. And, together with my team, I had to make the very difficult decision to retire. »
France’s Alizé Cornet will take Krejcikova’s place in Wednesday’s main draw in the California desert.
Krejcikova’s withdrawal comes at the height of world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty’s decision not to take part in the tournament last week.
“I hope to be able to return to the stadiums as soon as possible,” said the Czech Republic, without announcing the horizon of her return.
