Aus Open rocked by home hero's confession

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The Australian Open has been rocked by the withdrawal of its apical hometown hope, Ajla Tomljanovic, conscionable 2 days retired from her archetypal scheduled match.

Tomljanovic, who was an aboriginal exit from the United Cup, has been battling a genu wounded of late.

On Saturday, she took to societal media to corroborate her lack from the forthcoming expansive slam.

Although unseeded coming into the tournament, she remains Australia's highest-ranked women's tennis subordinate successful the WTA presently astatine 35th overall.

"It perfectly pains maine to constitute this but unluckily I won't beryllium capable to vie astatine this year's Australian Open," wrote Tomljanovic.

"I've done everything successful my powerfulness to get steadfast but conscionable ran retired of clip to heal and beryllium 100 per cent acceptable to vie astatine a precocious level.

"It's been a precise pugnacious determination to marque but I person to perceive to my body."

Tomljanovic captioned the station "I'm sorry" and offered an apology to her location fans.

"It's nary concealed that this is my favourite play to play truthful it hurts to miss retired connected a large accidental to play successful beforehand of my location assemblage and to beryllium surrounded by the unthinkable emotion and atmosphere," she continued.

"To each my Aussie fans, I wanna accidental convey you for ever supporting maine and cheering maine on, I'm gonna miss you guys large clip this year."

Tomljanovic wasn't the lone high-profile withdrawal connected Saturday with 11th effect Paul Badosa announcing she would besides not beryllium contesting the Australian Open.

On Friday, the Spaniard pulled retired of her Adelaide International semi last quality owed to a thigh wounded that handed Dario Kasatkina a walkover triumph into the final.

Badosa said she injured herself successful the 4th last triumph implicit Beatriz Haddad Maia connected Thursday.

Like Tomljanovic, Badosa was the highest-ranked subordinate for her state – 16th presently successful the WTA rankings.

"Bad news...During the quarterfinal lucifer successful Adelaide, I wounded myself and aft receiving the results I volition person to beryllium retired (for) a fewer weeks," Badosa wrote.

"Sad to miss the Australian Open this year, truly going to miss it. I volition bash everything I tin to instrumentality arsenic soon arsenic possible."

The women's gully has already taken 2 hits successful the lead-up with Naomi Osaka a precocious cancellation with the announcement of her pregnancy.

Badosa and Tomljanovic volition beryllium replaced successful the Australian Open women's gully by luck losers Laura Pigossi and Leolia Jeanjean.

It's the archetypal clip successful expansive slam's past that each Australian women successful the 128-player singles gully are wildcards.

Jaimee Fourlis, ranked 160 successful the world, is Australia's highest-ranked subordinate successful the event.

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