By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday, April 24 2023
Defending champion Ons Jabeur has been compelled to withdraw from this 12 months’s Madrid Open as a result of calf harm she picked up throughout her semifinal with Iga Swiatek at Stuttgart. Jabeur retired from the match after three video games. On Monday she gave an replace standing.
“Further to many medical exams done, it shows that I have a small tear in my calf and I will need more time to recover,” she wrote on social media. “I am sad to announce that I won’t be able to compete and defend my title at Madrid.”
Hello everybody, an replace on my scenario @MutuaMadridOpen pic.twitter.com/Du04vH2uLU
— Ons Jabeur (@Ons_Jabeur) April 24, 2023
Jabeur was positioned in yesterday’s draw at Madrid because the No.4 seed. She will likely be changed by a fortunate loser.
It has been a tough season for the Tunisian, who underwent minor knee surgical procedure in February and was simply starting to regain her kind when she injured her calf in Stuttgart. She gained the Charleston title in early April and carried a seven-match profitable streak into her semifinal with Swiatek.
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