The Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, finalist of the last edition of Roland Garros, announced this Tuesday that He will not be in the Grand Slam on clay or for the rest of the season due to chronic pain in his left knee.
“It is with sadness that I inform you that I am forced to withdraw from Roland Garros and the rest of the tournaments this year,” the 30-year-old player said on Twitter.
It is the same knee that caused her physical problems during the final she played in Paris last year against the Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
Pavlyuchenkova, actual 21 of the worldassured that Roland Garros is a special tournament for her and more after the final played last year, her best performance in a big one.
But knee problems have only allowed him to play three tournaments this season and, he confessed, they limit his performance both in games and in training, which is why he has decided to dedicate more time to recovery.