{"id":128524,"date":"2025-09-03T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/128524\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:13:07","slug":"aryna-sabalenkas-heartfelt-message-to-marketa-vondrousova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/128524\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka&#8217;s heartfelt message to Marketa Vondrousova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aryna Sabalenka was sad to see her would-be quarterfinal opponent bow out of the U.S. Open before their Tuesday match. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/02\/sports\/aryna-sabalenka-jessica-pegula-us-open-rematch-set-after-marketa-vondrousova-withdrawal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark\u00e9ta Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1 withdrew from the Grand Slam<\/a> with a knee injury that she did not want to exacerbate further.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka, the defending women\u2019s singles champion, took to social media to pen an emotional note to Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37003513\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP_US_Open_Tennis_44336-815d9-0.jpg\" alt=\"Marketa Vondrousova, of the Czech Republic, reacts after defeating Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in New York. \" class=\"wp-image-37003513\"  \/>Marketa Vondrousova, of the Czech Republic, reacts after defeating Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in New York.  AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo sorry for Marketa after all she\u2019s been through,\u201d Sabalenka wrote on her Instagram Story after the news broke that their match at Arthur Ashe Stadium would not be taking place. \u201cShe has been playing amazing tennis and I know how badly this must hurt for her. Take care of yourself and I hope you can recover quickly. Love Aryna.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1, the 2023 Wimbledon champ, came into the tournament unseeded and won three straight matches \u2014 losing just one set in a third-round win over No. 9 Elena Rybakina \u2014 to set up a battle with Sabalenka.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the U.S. Open, Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1 explained that she consulted with the tournament\u2019s doctor and decided not to push her knee issue further. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry to announce that I have to withdraw from my quarterfinal match this evening due to a knee injury,\u201d Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1, who has battled multiple injuries the past few years, said. I tried my best to take the court today but during the warm-up I felt again my knee and after consultation with the tournament doctor decided not to risk aggravating the injury. I appreciate all the support this tournament and apologize to the fans who were looking forward to the match.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37003514\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2231705858.jpg\" alt=\"Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka gives a post-match interview after winning her women's singles second round tennis match against Russia's Polina Kudermetova on day four of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 27, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37003514\"  \/>Aryna Sabalenka gives a post-match interview after winning her women\u2019s singles second round tennis match against Russia\u2019s Polina Kudermetova on August 27, 2025.  AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had an amazing time here in NY and can\u2019t wait to be back\u00a0next\u00a0year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka, the No. 1 seed, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/02\/sports\/aryna-sabalenka-jessica-pegula-us-open-rematch-set-after-marketa-vondrousova-withdrawal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will face off with No. 4 Jessica Pegula<\/a> on Thursday at Arthur Ashe in a rematch of last year\u2019s U.S. Open final.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRothenberg\/status\/1963003766845677643\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka was sad to see her would-be quarterfinal opponent bow out of the U.S. Open before their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[652,32894,99,428,14687],"class_list":{"0":"post-128524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-marketa-vondrousova","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-us-open-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}