Amanda Anisimova Withdraws From Rome With Left Wrist Injury

amanda anisimova withdrew from the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before her opening match because of a left wrist injury. The World No. 6 was set to play the second round on Thursday, but Elena Gabriela Ruse took her place in the draw as a lucky loser.

Anisimova’s Rome exit

The withdrawal ended her Rome run before it started. Anisimova had yet to play on clay this season, so the pullout leaves her without a match on the surface after a spring that had already been interrupted twice by injury.

She had been scheduled to face Jelena Ostapenko on Thursday. Instead, the draw shifted to Ruse, and the matchup changed before Anisimova ever stepped on court in Rome.

Recent injury interruptions

Late March brought the first setback when she pulled out of the Credit One Charleston Open, citing an undisclosed injury she sustained in Miami. Two weeks later, she withdrew from the Mutua Madrid Open with a wrist injury.

Those cancellations came after back-to-back runs to the Round of 16 at Indian Wells and Miami, and her season still includes a quarterfinal run at the Australian Open in January and a semifinal run in Dubai a month later. She is 11-6 on the season.

What changed for Rome

Rome now moves on without a World No. 6 who had not yet found a clay-court start this year. For Anisimova, the more immediate issue is getting healthy enough to turn a season that has already included six matches after Australia and Dubai back onto the court without another interruption.