Injured world No. 8 Karolina Muchova casts doubt on Australian Open participation

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Injured world No. 8 Karolina Muchova casts doubt on Australian Open participation
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World No. 8 Karolina Muchova has cast doubt on her Australian Open participation after withdrawing from the Brisbane International. Muchova, who made her first Grand Slam final at this year’s French Open, did not play any tournaments after the US Open due to a wrist injury. After the US Open, Muchova took a break to address her wrist injury but she failed to recover in time for the WTA Finals. 

When making a hard decision to skip the WTA Finals, Muchova’s focus turned to being fully ready for the 2024 season. Unfortunately, Muchova’s wrist is seemingly yet to fully heal as the Czech tennis star won’t be ready to make her comeback in the first week of the 2024 season at the Brisbane International. 

Muchova has been struggling with a wrist issue for the past few months

After losing to Coco Gauff in the US Open semifinal, Muchova didn’t play any tournaments during the Asian swing and she also wasn’t able to make her WTA Finals debut in Cancun.

“I am heartbroken to announce that I will miss my first WTA Finals in Cancun. Together with the team and doctors we tried everything till the last moments to resolve my wrist injury. Unfortunately, the time…

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