Tomas Etcheverry has withdrawn from the Indian Wells tournament due to a right hamstring strain and will be replaced by lucky loser Luca Nardi. In a separate development, defending champion and World No. 4 Elena Rybakina also withdrew from the tournament due to illness, sparking reactions across the tennis community. Rybakina, who has been playing some of the best tennis of anyone this year, expressed great sadness over her inability to defend her title at Indian Wells. The tennis community has wished both players speedy recoveries.
Defending Champion and the World No. 4 has withdrawn from Indian Wells due to illness β€οΈβπ©Ή https://t.co/7nHyzD51Gp
Defending champion Rybakina pulls out of Indian Wells https://t.co/06tPPD3PPf https://t.co/oaULsTcnB8
Elena Rybakina won't defend her title: out of the #BNPParibasOpen with illness. https://t.co/BX4aeGwNFN
BREAKING: There will be no title defense for π°πΏ Elena Rybakina at @BNPParibasOpen. She's withdrawn "with great sadness" due to illness. "Those close to me know how much this tournament means to me and how much I wanted to come back and defend my title." https://t.co/nh2SvDZKfV
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Elena Rybakina has withdrawn due to illness. We wish our 2023 champion a speedy recovery β€οΈ #IndianWells https://t.co/6kmvhNU00P
Rybakina out - which isn't a surprise at all given the last two days. Upper respiratory ... something. Keys-Baptiste match will move to the stadium.
BREAKING: Elena Rybakina withdraws from Indian Wells. Awful news. Elena has been playing some of the best tennis of anyone this year. It wouldβve been beautiful to watch her defend her title. Hopefully Lena will be healthy the rest of the year. πβ€οΈβπ©Ή https://t.co/jN5cTHaw81
Tomas Etcheverry has withdrawn from singles with a right hamstring strain. He will be replaced in the draw by lucky loser Luca Nardi. #IndianWells