Eliminated in the 1/8 finals of the tournament in Abu Dhabi, Annette Kontaveit announced that she will take a break due to health problems and miss two major tournaments.

Annette ContaveitPhoto: Ng Han Guan/AP/Profimedia

Anette Kontaveit will not participate in the WTA Doha and WTA Dubai tournaments in 2023

Medical problems are causing a headache for Estonian Anette Kontaveit (27 WTA), and the athlete announced that she will not participate in two important tournaments in the next period.

“I felt a pain in my back, a pain I have been struggling with since last October.

…

I decided to take a break for a few weeks, which means that I will not participate in the tournaments in Doha and Dubai.

I am working with my team to resolve this issue and hope to be ready for the tournament in Miami in March.” – wrote the former winner of 2nd place on Instagram.

Check out this Instagram post

Posted by Anett Kontaveit (@anett_kontaveit)

Annette Kontaveit is currently ranked 27th and has only 2 wins and 4 losses this year. The level of his tennis has dropped significantly in recent months, and the results recorded show it.

He lost his aggression, inspiration and confidence, and opponents began to take advantage of his poor form.

The last best result was recorded in early October 2022, when she played in the final of the tournament in Tallinn, at the stage of the competition, where she was decisively defeated by Barbora Krejcikova.

  • The top four players who fell in the WTA rankings in six months