NEW YORK — Elina Svitolina’s tennis season has ended, the Ukrainian stated on Wednesday after she underwent surgical procedure on her proper foot to deal with a long-standing damage.
Svitolina got here again from maternity go away final yr firing on all cylinders and reached the Wimbledon semifinals, however she stated she had struggled all through her 2024 marketing campaign with the damage.
“So sadly my 2024 season is now within the historical past books, as I’ve had surgical procedure on my foot right this moment to right a long-standing subject that I’ve been attempting to handle all through this yr,” Svitolina stated on Instagram, alongside a photograph of herself in a hospital mattress.
“It is turn out to be tougher to handle and has been impacting me increasingly more, not simply with regard to tennis and coaching however in my on a regular basis life too.”
Svitolina, 30, went out of the US Open in a third-round defeat to American Coco Gauff, her final match of the yr, and stated she deliberate to return to the court docket in 2025.
“I’m excited for the chance to deal with my restoration and are available again even stronger than earlier than,” she stated.
