NEW YORK — Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion, and Cam Norrie pulled out of the US Open on Friday due to accidents.
The 18th-ranked Vondrousova has been sidelined by a harm hand, and the Forty seventh-ranked Norrie has a forearm drawback.
Vondrousova, a 25-year-old from Czechia, gained her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon final 12 months and was the runner-up on the 2019 French Open. She additionally gained a silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
She hasn’t performed since a first-round loss on the All England Membership in July, making her the primary lady since 1994 to lose her opening match at Wimbledon a 12 months after profitable the title.
Petra Martic replaces Vondrousova within the ladies’s attract New York, whereas Francisco Comesana takes Norrie’s spot within the males’s bracket for the 12 months’s final Grand Slam match.
The draw for the US Open is subsequent Thursday; play begins on Aug. 26.
