No.2 seed Simona Halep has been compelled to withdraw from the Higher Austria Girls Linz semifinals attributable to a knee damage she sustained throughout her quarterfinal victory over No.7 seed Jasmine Paolini.
World No.100 Jaqueline Cristian as an alternative advances to her first WTA last. The 23-year-old Romanian is the primary fortunate loser to succeed in a WTA last since Coco Gauff – additionally at Linz precisely two years in the past. Gauff received her maiden title right here in 2019.
Fortunate losers in WTA finals since 2000
Melinda Czink, Canberra 2005 (l. Ana Ivanovic)
CoCo Vandeweghe, Stanford 2012 (l. Serena Williams)
Olga Danilovic, Moscow River Cup 2018 (d. Anastasia Potapova)
Coco Gauff, Linz 2019 (d. Jelena Ostapenko)
Jaqueline Cristian, Linz 2021
Sadly I’m not capable of play in my semifinal after injuring my knee in my match yesterday. I might do something to have the ability to play, however it’s swollen and painful and taking part in will solely make it worse. I wish to say an enormous thanks to the match and followers right here @WTALinz https://t.co/ZBeatUChbt
— Simona Halep (@Simona_Halep) November 11, 2021
“Sadly I’m not capable of play in my semifinal this night after injuring my knee in my match yesterday,” Halep mentioned in a press release. “I might do something to have the ability to play, however it’s swollen and painful and taking part in will solely make it worse. I wish to say an enormous thanks to the match and followers right here on the Higher Austria Girls Linz for a incredible week. I hope to be again!”
Halep’s streak of profitable not less than one WTA title yearly between 2013 and 2020 has now ended.
