{"id":207048,"date":"2025-10-12T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/207048\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T08:13:08","slug":"former-world-number-one-announces-she-wont-play-again-in-2025-just-a-month-after-returning-from-injury-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/207048\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world number one announces she won&#8217;t play again in 2025 just a month after returning from injury hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMXlnMTNoeXE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Several WTA stars on tour are beginning to feel the effects of the jam-packed calendar as the season comes to a close. <\/p>\n<p>The injury list is beginning to pile up, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/qinwen-zheng\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Qinwen Zheng<\/a> the most recent addition, having suffered another elbow injury. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former Grand Slam semifinalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/former-grand-slam-semifinalist-is-at-breaking-point-and-announces-she-will-miss-the-rest-of-the-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daria Kasatkina announced she was at \u2018breaking point\u2019<\/a> both emotionally and physically, calling an end to her 2025 campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Now, another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA<\/a> star has joined Kasatkina, just a month after returning from a year-long injury hiatus.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236067603-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Daria Kasatkina of Australia reacts against Katerina Siniakova of Czech Republic in the women's singles round of 16 match during day four of the Korea Open Tennis Championship 2025 presented by Motiva at Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center.\" class=\"wp-image-134699\" \/>Photo by Han Myung-Gu\/Getty ImagesKarolina Pliskova announces the end of her 2025 WTA season<\/p>\n<p>Former Wimbledon finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Karolina-Pliskova\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karolina Pliskova<\/a> has announced on social media that she will not play again this year. <\/p>\n<p>The Czech star suffered an ankle injury at the 2024 US Open and was sidelined until September 2025, but after playing just two tournaments since her comeback, she has made the decision to take the rest of the year off. <\/p>\n<p>In a post on Instagram, Pliskova said: \u201cIt felt so good to finally compete again, but this year has been a tough one overall, and my body still needs more time to adapt. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s it for 2025 \u2014 see you all next season! Thank you so much for all the love and support, always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karolina Pliskova\u2019s results since returning from her ankle injury<\/p>\n<p>Pliskova made her return to tour-level action at the Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open, where she managed to pick up a win. <\/p>\n<p>She beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo in three sets, but ultimately bowed out in the second round to Polina Iatcenko. <\/p>\n<p>At the Samsun Open in Turkey, Pliskova played her final match of the season, suffering a straight-sets defeat to Lina Gjorcheska. <\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old is currently ranked 1051st in the world, having previously reached world number one status earlier in her career. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Several WTA stars on tour are beginning to feel the effects of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,78996,82,593,4306],"class_list":{"0":"post-207048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-karolina-pliskova","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}