Tennis news - Johanna Konta: British number three pulls out of Chicago, Indian Wells with groin injury
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ByEurosport
Published 22/09/2021 at 09:30 GMT
Johanna Konta will not feature in the next two WTA events due to a groin injury. It has been a difficult 2021 season for Konta, who was also unable to play at Wimbledon, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the US Open due to Covid-19-related complications and injuries. The former world No 4 is currently down at 81 in the rankings.
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Johanna Konta has pulled out of upcoming WTA events in Chicago and Indian Wells due to a groin injury.
The 30-year-old was forced to withdraw from the US Open with a thigh injury just hours before she was due to play her first round match last month.
Konta also missed Wimbledon after a member of her team tested positive for Covid-19 and then had to miss the Olympics after contracting it herself.
Konta is now the British number three following compatriot Emma Raducanu's remarkable rise up the world rankings, who battled through qualifying to win the US Open earlier this month. The 18-year-old jumped up from No. 338 to 22 in the world rankings after her triumph.
Konta last played at the Western & Southern Open last month where she was knocked out in her opening match by Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova.
On Tuesday, Raducanu also pulled out of the Chicago Falls Tennis Classic which begins next week.
Coco Gauff, last year's Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and US Open semi-finalist Aryna Sabalenka have also withdrawn from the event which is being held as a WTA 500 tournament for the first time this year with prize money of £413,767 up for grabs.
The BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, USA starts on October 4 having been moved from its original slot in March.
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