“It makes me very sad to tell you that I have to withdraw from Roland Garros and all other tournaments this year,” he tweeted five days before the opening of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris.
Pavlyuchenkova had previously had to seek treatment for the same left knee injury following her final loss to Czech Barbora Krejcikova last year.
“The decision was very difficult to make, because Roland Garros has always been very special to me, especially after a dream tournament last year. But the injury limits me physically and mentally to participate and train”, he describes.
Pavlyuchenkova, who is ranked 21st, had already taken ten weeks off before the start of the clay court season to fix her knee problem. Her return to the courts in May resulted in two defeats in the first round in Madrid and then in Rome.
“After months of rehabilitation this year and only three tournaments played, the last two showed me that the pain was still there and that I was not ready,” said the Russian. “I prefer to take more time and come back stronger next year”, she has closed.
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