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Stress Fracture to Sideline Stosur for Wimbledon


Samantha Stosur's Wimbledon is likely over before it began.

The 34th-ranked Aussie sustained a stress fracture in her right hand during Roland Garros that will sideline her for Wimbledon, the Herald Sun reports.

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The 2011 US Open champion will see her streak of 37 consecutive Grand Slam appearances come to an end. Stosur has not missed a Grand Slam since the 2008 Australian Open.

The 23rd-seeded Stosur suffered the injury to her racquet hand during her Roland Garros third-round victory over Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Stosur won the opening set in her fourth-round clash with Jelena Ostapenko, but pain in her right hand began to flare and the eventual Roland Garros champion rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory.

“From 5-1 in that first set, it was just really, really painful and just, yeah, wasn’t going away,” Stosur told the media in Paris. “And, yeah, just tried to get through and did everything I could, but she started playing pretty well as well, so it made life extra hard.

“It’s just every time I impact or grip my racquet, swing it on that side, it’s just been really, really sore.”

The 33-year-old Stosur is a three-time Wimbledon doubles finalist. In 14 singles appearances, she's failed to surpass the third round at SW19. 

Stosur is expected to return in time for the US Open in August.

Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Wimbledon qualifying tournament due to a left leg injury she suffered in Rome.


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