The Australian Open loses 2 charismatic players such as Ajla Tomljanovic and Paula Badosa Gibert. The tournament has already lost some other top players such as Carlos Alcaraz (leg injury) and Naomi Osaka (pregnancy).
Ajla incurred a knee injury, and she released the following statement: ” It absolutely pains me to have to write this message, but unfortunately I won’t be able to compete at this years Australian Open. I’ve done absolutely everything in my power to get healthy, but I just ran out of time to heal and be 100% ready to compete at a high level.
It’s been a very tough decision to make, but I have to listen to my body.
It’s no secret that this is my favorite place to play so it hurts to miss out on a great opportunity to play in front of my home crowd and to be surrounded by the incredible love and atmosphere.
To all my Aussie fans, I wanna say thank you for always supporting me and cheering me on, I’m gonna miss you guys big time this year”
Badosa’s injury
Paula Badosa suffered an abductor injury on Thursday. She released the following message: “Hi Everyone, Bad news… During the quarterfinal match Adelaide, I hurt myself and after receiving the results I will have to be out a few weeks… Sad to miss Australian Open this year, really going to miss it. I will do everything I can to return as soon as possible.
See you soon.”
Ajla Tomljanovic in 2023
Now ranked no.35, Tomljanovic played her last match on the 13th of November 2022 when she was overcome by world no.13 Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 2 in (draw).
Currently, during this season Tomljanovic has managed to achieve a 38-27 match record.
Badosa in Adelaide, ranking, and results in 2023
LLWWWLWWWW Now the world no.11, Paula has managed to achieve a composed 4-0 win-loss record in 2023. Badosa is playing at the moment in Adelaide where she conquered the world no.17 Anett Kontaveit 6-4 6-3, the world no.32 Kaia Kanepi 6-1 7-5 and the world no.15 Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-65 7-5.
Paula Badosa Gibert will take on the world no.95 Caty McNally in the 1st round. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Badosa.
Badosa has scheduled to play next at the Australian Open (Australian Open). She will start from the main draw that will commence on the 16th of January.
Ajla Tomljanovic and Paula Badosa Gibert played each other 3 times. Their actual record is 2-1 for Badosa. Before, the last time they played each other, Ajla Tomljanovic won 6-7(3) 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) in August 2022.
