Karolina Pliskova out of the Australian Open due to a hand fracture

Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova will miss the Australian Open in January after breaking her arm in practice, her husband and manager Michal Hrdlicka said on Thursday. “Karolina broke her radius … at a gym at a training camp in Spain,” Hrdlicka said in a statement, adding that the treatment will take about four weeks. “Unfortunately, I’m away for a while and won’t compete in my favorite tournaments in Australia,” 29-year-old Pliskova said on Facebook.

“Some days are worse than others … but time and faith can heal everything,” added the right forearm bandage in the world’s fourth photo posed.

Pliskova has yet to win a Grand Slam tournament, as she made it to the finals of the 2016 US Open and then lost three sets to Ashleigh Barty in the Wimbledon finals this year.

Pliskova – whose best performance at the Australian Open was qualifying for the 2019 semi-finals – has not missed the Grand Slam since the 2012 US Open.