The 2021 Roland Garros finalist, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, will not play in the tournament this season as she ended her season prematurely due to a knee injury.
Former World No. 11 player and quarter-finalist from every Grand Slam tournament hasn't played many matches during the 2022 season. Pavlyuchenkova won her opening two matches at the Australian Open but then lost the following three.
Following her wins over Anna Bondar and Samantha Stosur in Melbourne, she lost to Sorana Cirstea. She then took three months away from the courts, returning at the Madrid Open, where she lost in the first round to Sara Sorribes Tormo.
After that, she continued her journey at the WTA 1000 event in Rome, but once again, a first-round exit against Leylah Fernandez awaited the Russian player.
Although Pavlyuchenkova won the doubles title at the 2022 Italian Open in Rome last week with Veronika Kudermetova, it seems that she won't be ready to continue her season.
She played four three-setters in six matches between at the competition in Rome, saying that she was still playing with pain, which is why she had to end her season early.
"I’m very sad to say, that i’m forced to withdraw from Roland Garros and the rest of the tournaments this year! I have been playing this in my head for the last week and it has been a really tough decision to make, as Roland Garros was always very special to me, especially after a dream run last year!"
"But due to the pain for a long time, now the injury is limiting me physically and mentally to compete and practice fully."
"After rehabbing for months this year and only played at 3 events, the last two tournaments have showed me, that the pain was still there and i wasn’t ready, so i have decided to take more time and come back stronger next year! Thanks for the support. Until next year!"