From Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Friday, December 27, 2024
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Jessica Pegula has come out of Brisbane.
The US Open finalist withdrew from Brisbane with a knee injury.
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The 30-year-old Pegula, an Adelaide semi-finalist last January, suffered a left knee injury after her run in her first major final at Flushing Meadows.
Jessica Pegula has withdrawn from the Brisbane International with a knee injury. As a result, Suzan Lamens from the Netherlands will take her place in the main draw.
— Brisbane International (@BrisbaneTennis) December 26, 2024
Pegula joins the veteran Aussies Thanasi Kokkinakis AND Ajla Tomljanovic en route from Brisbane, scheduled for 29 December-5 January 2025.
Ajla Tomljanovic has withdrawn from Brisbane International. pic.twitter.com/UXw5nkYtjW
— Brisbane International (@BrisbaneTennis) December 26, 2024
The 31-year-old Tomljanovic, who like Pegula has been battling a left knee injury, said she hopes to be fit for the Australian Open.
“I’m very disappointed to withdraw from the Brisbane International, but I wanted to be 100 percent ready to compete, which I’m not,” Tomljanovic wrote in an Instagram post. “I will continue my preparation and see you all at the Australian Open.”
Kokkinakis, who represented Australia in last month’s Davis Cup final 8 in Malaga, Spain, has been bothered by a “little hip issue”.
The man who partnered Nick Kyrgios in the 2022 Australian Open doubles championship is still on the entry list for Adelaide, a week before the start of the Australian Open.
Sad to lose @BrisbaneTennis this year. Dealing with a little hip issue which is taking a bit more time but hopefully we’ll be back for the rest of the summer
— Thanasi Kokkinakis (@TKokkinakis) December 26, 2024
“Sorry to miss @BrisbaneTennis this year. Dealing with a little hip issue taking a bit longer but hopefully back for the rest of the summer,” Kokkinakis wrote in a post on X.
