{"id":699030,"date":"2026-07-18T21:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/699030\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T21:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:57:13","slug":"karolina-muchova-wimbledon-finalist-set-to-miss-a-few-weeks-after-small-surgery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/699030\/","title":{"rendered":"Karolina Muchova: Wimbledon finalist set to miss a &#8216;few weeks&#8217; after &#8216;small surgery&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wimbledon finalist Karolina Muchova is set to be sidelined for a &#8220;few weeks&#8221; after having a &#8220;small surgery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 29-year-old lost to Czech compatriot Linda Noskova in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/tennis\/articles\/ce37x57gv49o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an extraordinary and dramatic three-set final<\/a> at the All England Club earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Muchova, who has dealt with a number of wrist injuries throughout her career, did not specify what the current problem was, nor the exact timeframe for a return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She confirmed she will miss the Canadian Open in Toronto, which starts on 1 August, but was working on her recovery, with the US Open taking place from 23 August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I had to undergo a small surgery that will keep me off the court for a few weeks,&#8221; said Muchova.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Everything went well, and I&#8217;m already working on my recovery. Sad to be missing Toronto this year. I was really looking forward to making my debut there, but recovery comes first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Muchova, who is ranked sixth in the world, suffered her second Grand Slam final defeat at Wimbledon, having also lost the 2023 French Open final to Iga Swiatek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wimbledon finalist Karolina Muchova is set to be sidelined for a &#8220;few weeks&#8221; after having a &#8220;small surgery&#8221;.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-699030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}