Olympic Champion Zheng Takes Break After Surgery

Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen is taking a "short break" from nan WTA Tour aft having arthroscopic room connected her correct elbow.

The 22-year-old Chinese subordinate was 5th seed astatine this year's Wimbledon, but lost successful nan first round and said she had been "dealing pinch persistent pain".

"Now originates nan betterment journey," nan world number six wrote connected Instagram.

"Over nan adjacent fewer weeks and months, I'll beryllium focusing wholly connected rehab - doing everything I tin to travel backmost stronger and healthier.

"This is conscionable a short break and I spot it arsenic a basal measurement toward a amended type of myself connected court."

Zheng underwent nan process connected Friday and was "grateful to person it down me".

She won nan women's singles title astatine nan Paris Olympics successful 2024 and claimed nan past of her 5 WTA titles astatine nan Pan Pacific Open successful Japan successful October of that year.

Zheng has ne'er won a Grand Slam title, but reached nan 2024 Australian Open final, nan quarter-finals of nan US Open doubly and nan past 8 of this year's French Open.

The 4th and last awesome of nan twelvemonth originates astatine Flushing Meadows successful New York connected 24 August.