Hard blow for the new prodigy of French tennis, Ksenia Efremova, who will therefore not participate in the junior tournaments at Roland-Garros and Wimbledon. The Muscovite by birth, naturalized French last year, announced the sad news on Wednesday March 27 on her Instagram account. “Dear fans, I wanted to tell you that I will not be able to play for a while and that I will miss Roland Garros (my home Grand Slam) and Wimbledon this year. After struggling in Australia with elbow pain, I have to stop playing tennis for 4 months. The good news is that he will be completely healed afterwards, but it takes this long and I have to accept that. »
At the end of December, she notably became the youngest player to win a title on the ITF professional circuit since 2003, during the $15,000 tournament in Monastir. She also distinguished herself by reaching the quarter-finals of the junior Australian Open in January.
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