According to Ajla Tomljanovic, she was forced to withdraw from the US Open on Thursday due to arm pain rather than her surgically repaired knee. After having knee surgery in January, Tomljanovic played her first match of the year on Tuesday and defeated Hungarian Panna Udvardy 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Just hours before she was scheduled to play fourth seed Elena Rybakina in the second round on Thursday, she announced her withdrawal. Tomljanovic acknowledged on Tuesday that her knee was approximately 80% healthy, but she later disclosed after pulling out on Thursday that it was actually an arm problem.

The Aussie posted on social media and briefed about her injury: “My body still needs time to adjust to the intensity of high-level tennis. Don’t wanna make this a sad post even though I did pull out today. I’m proud of the work we did to get here but it was just a little too early. Thank you to the NY fans for all your support, Monday afternoon was good for my soul. Back to work for me.”

Tomljanovic at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023

Ajla Tomljanovic

22 - 20win/loss

Hard
12-12
I Hard
0-1
Clay
2-4
Grass
8-3
Rank
109
High
32
31 year old
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Now the world no.127, Tomljanovic owns an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023. Ajla is playing at the moment at the U.S. Open where she bested the world no.122 Panna Udvardy 3-6 6-2 6-4.

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Rybakina at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023

Elena Rybakina

43 - 11win/loss

Hard
23-5
I Hard
2-2
Clay
12-2
Grass
6-2
Rank
6
High
3
25 year old
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At the moment ranked no.4, the Kazakhstani has an overall 42-11 match record in 2023. The Kazakhstani is now playing at the U.S. Open where she managed to beat the world no.39 Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-1

and the world no.127 Ajla Tomljanovic w/o.

Elena Rybakina will compete against the world no.30 Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round. Their current head to head is 2-0 for Rybakina.

Rybakina conquered 2 titles in 2023 in Indian Wells and Rome. Rybakina got to the final at the Australian Open and in Miami (Miami Open).

Elena won 5 titles in her career: 2 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)

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Rybakina's Record
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Ajla Tomljanovic and Elena Rybakina fought against each other only 2 times. Their actual record is 2-0 for Rybakina. The last time they locked horns, Elena Rybakina won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in London (Wimbledon) in July 2022.

Here the video highlights.

Ajla Tomljanovic and Elena Rybakina

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