Olympic silver medallist Marketa Vondrousova has withdrawn from the Paris 2024 Video games as a result of a hand damage.
The Czech, 25, made the choice following her first-round exit through the defence of her Wimbledon title earlier this month.
She grew to become the primary Wimbledon women singles champion since Steffi Graf misplaced to Lori McNeil in 1994 to exit within the first spherical, after defeat by Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
Vondrousova received silver at Tokyo 2020 however posting on her Instagram, external, she mentioned she wouldn’t play at this summer time’s Video games and would give attention to making ready for the US Open, which begins on 26 August.
“I’m very sorry, however as a result of well being causes I can’t be collaborating on this 12 months’s Olympic Video games in Paris,” Vondrousova mentioned.
“I hoped till the final second that I may go a minimum of in doubles, however issues with my hand will not enable me on the courtroom.”
She would have been the twelfth seed in Paris however she will likely be changed on the Czech group by Katerina Siniakova within the singles and Linda Noskova within the doubles.
Vondrousova joins world quantity three Aryna Sabalenka, Ons Jabeur and Emma Raducanu as notable absentees from the ladies’s occasion.
In the meantime, Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, ranked seventh on this planet, has additionally withdrawn from the boys’s competitors.
The 27-year-old has not recovered from a knee damage which compelled him to retire from his second-round match at Wimbledon.
“My rehabilitation goes very properly, and I’m making steady progress. Nevertheless, my group and I’ve determined that I’m unable to compete within the Olympic Video games in Paris,” Hurkacz mentioned.