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After beginning 2010 with a bang by making it to the Australian Open semifinals, Jie Zheng won’t have that option this year. Due to a nagging wrist injury, she’ll be out of the year’s first major tournament.
Zheng hasn’t played a tournament since losing in the second round of the US Open.
“It’s a hard decision for me to make. But I believe there will be more Australian Opens for me to attend if I can regain my health,” she wrote on her Twitter profile page.
It’ll be sad for the world’s 26th-ranked player to be out of the tournament after so much success last year. Maybe Na Li, her compatriot who also made the 2010 semifinals, will fare well once more in Zheng’s absence.
For a nice tribute to Zheng and Li’s success last year, watch below.
For more on their results from last year, see this article.
Also, for CNN’s coverage of Zheng’s withdrawal, click here.
