By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Friday, December 27, 2024
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Jessica Pegula has stepped out of Brisbane.
The US Open finalist withdrew from the Brisbane with a knee damage.
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The 30-year-old Pegula, an Adelaide semifinalist final January, was pained by a left knee damage after her run to her maiden main ultimate in Flushing Meadows.
Jessica Pegula has withdrawn from the Brisbane Worldwide because of a knee damage. Consequently Suzan Lamens from the Netherlands will take her place in the principle draw.
— Brisbane Worldwide (@BrisbaneTennis) December 26, 2024
Pegula joins veteran Aussies Thanasi Kokkinakis and Ajla Tomljanovic in pulling out of Brisbane, set for December 29-January 5, 2025.
Ajla Tomljanovic has withdrawn from the Brisbane Worldwide. pic.twitter.com/UXw5nkYtjW
— Brisbane Worldwide (@BrisbaneTennis) December 26, 2024
The 31-year-old Tomljanovic, who like Pegula has been battling a left knee damage, mentioned she hopes to be match for the Australian Open.
“I’m so upset to withdraw from the Brisbane Worldwide, however I wished to be 100 per cent able to compete, which I’m not,” Tomljanovic wrote in an Instagram publish. “I’ll proceed my prep and see you all on the Australian Open.”
Kokkinakis, who represented Australia ultimately month’s Davis Cup Closing 8 in Malaga, Spain, has been bothered by a “small hip difficulty.”
The person who partnered Nick Kyrgios to the 2022 Australian Open doubles championship continues to be on the entry listing for Adelaide, the week earlier than the Australian Open begins.
Unhappy to overlook @BrisbaneTennis this yr. Coping with a small hip difficulty that wants some extra time, however hopefully again for the remainder of the summer season ✌🏼
— Thanasi Kokkinakis (@TKokkinakis) December 26, 2024
“Unhappy to overlook @BrisbaneTennis this yr. Coping with a small hip difficulty that wants some extra time, however hopefully again for the remainder of the summer season,” Kokkinakis wrote in a publish on X.
