NEW YORK — Ons Jabeur, the 2022 US Open ladies’s runner-up, withdrew from this yr’s event Thursday due to a shoulder harm.
Jabeur was to be the No. 17 seed within the event that begins Monday. The U.S. Tennis Affiliation mentioned Elise Mertens, the next-highest participant eligible to be seeded, will develop into the No. 33 seed.
Jabeur has struggled with accidents not too long ago, pulling out of the hard-court event in Washington earlier than shedding to Naomi Osaka in her lone match in Montreal. She wrote in an Instagram publish Thursday that her shoulder had not recovered in time to permit her to play at Flushing Meadows.
The Tunisian additionally reached the finals of Wimbledon in 2022 and 2023.
