Teary US Open star claims tennis balls triggered harm as WTA ‘killing’ gamers
Marketa Vondrousova claims that she has picked up an harm due to the additional heavy balls at this yr’s US Open. The world No 9 was close to tears during her singles match towards Peyton Stearns earlier than battling again to win 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2. She was then forced to pull out of the women’s doubles draw due to the difficulty together with her arm. And her complaints come after one other star claimed the heavy balls have been “killing” gamers’ our bodies.
Vondrousova had an emotional day on Monday as she narrowly averted defeat within the singles however discovered herself struck down by a bodily setback. The 24-year-old teared up as she appeared to cradle her shoulder after dropping the primary set to the world No 59 and took some tablets on the court docket.
They appeared to kick in as she got here again to win in three units however footage from the cool-down room later confirmed the Czech star in tears as she iced her arm earlier than crying within the arms of doubles accomplice Barbora Strycova. The pair later pulled out of the ladies’s doubles event.
Vondrousova has now claimed that the harm she picked up in her arm was as a result of more and more heavy balls used on the US Open. “I just feel my arm, you know,” the Wimbledon champion mentioned as she defined her doubles withdrawal.
“So we decided, you know, not to play today. It’s a bit sad, because it’s Barbora’s last tournament, so it was a tough decision. You have to put your health first.” Elaborating on the bodily subject, Vondrousova added: “Yeah, it’s just from the balls. They are very heavy and the season is long, so I feel like, you know, you just, you know, you just have to fight through it.
“Yeah, we’ll see. I have [a] day off tomorrow, so that’s gonna help. Yeah, we’ll see what’s gonna happen.” While her match towards Stearns was the primary time that the 24-year-old confirmed concern over the issue, she mentioned it had been bothering her for a couple of days.
The ninth seed continued: “It actually started the match before in the third round. Yeah, I mean, I played tough matches. Yeah, the season is very long, and I feel like the balls are not helping, you know, with everything. So, yeah, I mean, it’s tough but yeah, I just, you know, I just fought through it and I’m very happy with my win.”
And Vondrousova additionally blamed one other aspect of the event after ending her third-round match at round midnight. “Yeah, I feel like it’s also the reason, you know, that why this is happening, because I played, you know, at midnight,” she defined.
“Like, I slept just few hours and I didn’t practice yesterday because I was, you know, very tired. Then we woke up today at 6:40. So it’s, I don’t know, I feel like it’s very tough for our bodies to do that. You just have to adjust so many things, you know, if you’re playing, you know, second after 7:00, then you’re playing first. So it’s like, I feel like, I didn’t sleep for two days. Yeah, I’m just very happy that I just kept fighting.”