Barbora Krejcikova has revealed that she is ‘stressed’ about her recent injury struggles as she is yet to play this season.
The world number 16’s last tournament was at the WTA Finals where she reached the semi-finals before losing to Qinwen Zheng in the last four.
During that week in Riyadh, Krejcikova defeated Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff with things looking up for Krejcikova.
However, things now look bleak with Krejcikova yet to play this season and the two-time Grand Slam champion admits she’s stressed about the situation, “Recovery is not as fast as I expected, that’s true, but I am doing everything possible to return as soon as possible,” Krejcikova was quoted as saying by tennis 365.
“I wonder if I will ever be completely free of pain again, right now it is a situation that stresses me quite a bit.”
The 29 year-old’s injury struggles haven’t been the only recent health scare in the last few months as Krejcikova has played very few tournaments.
Recently Krejcikova revealed that she nearly fainted at the Olympics and has admitted that she has to take more precautions when deciding to play doubles, “It was during the summer when everything started to go wrong, transitioning from grass to clay is one of the most challenging tasks, and we had very little time to do it,” Krejcikova explained.
“I remember that the first day it rained, on the second, there was heat, and I played in the afternoon with the hottest weather, as well as long matches. I noticed this the next day when my strength quickly began to diminish. After the first match, my head was spinning and I had cramps, I didn’t feel well at all.
“It was a very important event, representing my country, which was very important to me. I couldn’t tell [doubles partner] Katerina [Siniakova] that I wouldn’t play, that was impossible, even if we had to fail in the early matches… which is what eventually happened. I guess I’m starting to get a little older, that I will have to gradually limit my participation in doubles, where I need to start being a little more selective.”
Krejcikova will look to be fit and ready to go for an important summer which includes the clay court season and her Wimbledon title defence.
