By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 22, 2024
Former runner up Ons Jabeur is not going to play the US Open this 12 months. The Tunisian trailblazer has pulled out with a shoulder harm. The information was reported simply after the draw was held on Thursday in Flushing Meadows, and Jabeur was changed by Elise Mertens, the highest-ranked unseeded participant within the draw.
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Mertens turns into the No.33 seed and her spot will probably be taken by a fortunate loser or qualifier. The Belgian will face Veronika Kudermetova within the first spherical.
Jabeur has handled a knee harm for a lot of the season, however not too long ago missed the Citi Open in Washington, DC, as a consequence of her shoulder. She performed in Toronto, however once more was compelled to withdraw from Cincinnati.
“I’m really unhappy to announce that my shoulder received’t recuperate in time for the US Open,” Jabeur wrote on Instagram. “I really feel I would like to present 100% and right this moment it is not potential but. Life has ups and downs, however typically within the very destructive moments all of us want to search out the optimistic in it. This 12 months has been very powerful for me, however I do know someplace the sunshine is there.
“I promise as soon as I get my power again I’ll come again stronger.”
Three-time Grand Slam finalist Jabeur is simply 16-14 on the season. She did attain the quarterfinals at Roland-Garros, and the third spherical at Wimbledon.
