Sept 26 (Reuters) – Russia’s Tatiana Prozorova \u2060said her withdrawal from the Singapore Open semi-finals followed pressure from \u2060a WTA physiotherapist who diagnosed her with concussion after being \u200cstruck by a ball.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old withdrew from the singles event this weekend due to injury, tournament organisers said, sending Australia’s Talia Gibson into the final with a walkover.<\/p>\n
That announcement followed Prozorova \u200band partner Sofya Lansere’s retirement from their doubles \u2060quarter-final on Friday afterProzorova was \u2060hit in the face by a ball.<\/p>\n
“The physio called to the court insisted \u2060on \u200ctaking me off-court to run a specific test,” Prozorova wrote.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, I didn’t know I could refuse. The test wasn’t easy. Given that \u2060I’d spent over three hours on court each of \u200bthe last three \u200cdays, I was fatigued, and I struggled with some of the \u2060exercises like standing \u200bon one leg with my eyes closed.<\/p>\n
“My team and I had a long discussion with the organisers… The physio pressured everyone present and even claimed I wasn’t \u2060capable of taking responsibility for my own life.”<\/p>\n
She \u200bsaid tournament organisers had supported her desire to continue playing but the final decision rested with the WTA.<\/p>\n
The WTA said Prozorova was assessed by its on-site \u2060medical team and the tournament physician and that concussion protocols are in place to protect player safety.<\/p>\n
“Under the WTA Physical Incapacity Rule and Concussion Protocol, a player who is diagnosed with a concussion is not permitted to compete \u200band will be ruled physically unable to do \u2060so,” a WTA spokesperson told Reuters.<\/p>\n
“The player may only return to competition once they \u200bhave successfully completed the required graduated return-to-play \u200cprotocol and have received appropriate medical clearance.”<\/p>\n
Her \u200brun to the semi-finals in Singapore was a career best.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept 26 (Reuters) – Russia’s Tatiana Prozorova \u2060said her withdrawal from the Singapore Open semi-finals followed pressure from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,6675,85,747],"class_list":["post-906092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-na","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}