Australian Open 2022 - Czech world number four Karolina Pliskova withdraws due to wrist injury

Published 16/12/2021 at 09:52 GMT

After losing the Wimbledon final in 2021, Karolina Pliskova has suffered another blow after being forced to withdraw from the 2022 edition of the Australian Open. The Czech player, the world number four, has had to pull out of the event and the two warm-up events in Australia as a result of a wrist injury.

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Karolina Pliskova has withdrawn from the 2022 Australian Open due to a hand injury.

The 29-year-old world number four was a semi-finalist in 2019, but suffered the injury in training on Wednesday and will now miss the first Grand Slam of the season.

As a result, she will also miss WTA warm-up events in Adelaide and Sydney in the run-up.

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"Unfortunately, I hurt my right hand in practice yesterday and I won't be able to play in Adelaide, Sydney and [the] Australian Open this year," Pliskova announced.

The Czech player is the third high-profile finalist to drop out after Serena Williams and Bianca Andreescu for the event, which starts on January 17.

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