Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) has called into question her participation in this year’s Wimbledon tournament two days before her first round match against Emina Bektas (USA).
Two-time Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka has battled various health issues in recent weeks and also suffered from a stomach virus during her Roland Garros quarter-final loss to Mira Andreeva (Russia) before pulling out of the tournament in Berlin on early this month because of a shoulder injury.
The tennis player from Belarus revealed that it took her “five or six days” to get over her illness in Paris and now she has to deal with a rare shoulder problem which is affecting her serve.
Asked if she might not play on Monday, Aryna Sabalenka admitted: “There’s always a chance, yes”.
“I’m not 100 percent ready right now. We’re doing everything we can, together with my team, to make sure I can play my first game here, but I’m not 100 percent ready. It’s something that will I have to think about it. If it doesn’t, I can only make things worse. I don’t want to risk the rest of the season. I’ve been doing a lot of different things for the last week. I have another day and a half to try things and let’s see what state I’ll be in. I’m keeping my hopes up”, explained Aryna Sabalenka.
