Injured Vondrousova withdraws from Paris 2024

Olympic metallic medallist Marketa Vondrousova has withdrawn from nan Paris 2024 Games owed to a manus injury.

The Czech, 25, made nan determination pursuing her first-round exit during nan defence of her Wimbledon title earlier this month.

She became nan first Wimbledon ladies singles champion since Steffi Graf mislaid to Lori McNeil successful 1994 to spell retired successful nan first round, aft conclusion by Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Vondrousova won metallic astatine Tokyo 2020 but posting connected her Instagram, external, she said she would not play astatine this summer's Games and would attraction connected preparing for nan US Open, which originates connected 26 August.

"I americium very sorry, but owed to wellness reasons I will not beryllium participating successful this year's Olympic Games successful Paris," Vondrousova said.

"I hoped until nan past infinitesimal that I could spell astatine slightest successful doubles, but problems pinch my manus won't let maine connected nan court."

She would person been nan 12th seed successful Paris but she will beryllium replaced connected nan Czech squad by Katerina Siniakova successful nan singles and Linda Noskova successful nan doubles.

Vondrousova joins world number 3 Aryna Sabalenka, Ons Jabeur and Emma Raducanu arsenic notable absentees from nan women's event.

Meanwhile, Poland's Hubert Hurkacz has besides withdrawn from nan men's competition.

The 27-year-old has not recovered from a knee wounded which forced him to discontinue from his second-round lucifer astatine Wimbledon.

"My rehabilitation is going very well, and I americium making continuous progress. However, my squad and I person decided that I americium incapable to compete successful nan Olympic Games successful Paris," Hurkacz said.