Marketa Vondrousova has successful surgery on left wrist, out until 2020
<![CDATA[The 2019 Roland Garros runner-up is looking forward to being a comeback kid in 2020.]]>
Marketa Vondrousova has undergone successful surgery on her left wrist and will miss the remainder of the 2019 tennis season. The Czech, who reached her first major final at Roland Garros this spring, posted an update on Instagram on Tuesday.
“Surgery done–All went really good so I need to rest now,” wrote the 20-year-old on Instagram. “So season 2019 is over for me but can’t wait to be back.”Vondrousova, who became the youngest player and first teenager to reach the Roland Garros final since 2007 this spring, finishes the season with a 29-9 record. She played just three matches after Roland Garros.At 38 in the world, Vondrousova was the joint third lowest-ranked woman to reach the Roand Garros final in Open Era history. ]]>
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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