{"id":50358,"date":"2025-05-08T14:45:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=50358"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:45:50","slug":"2025-italian-open-hit-with-withdrawal-bombshells-as-two-former-world-no-2s-pull-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/2025-italian-open-hit-with-withdrawal-bombshells-as-two-former-world-no-2s-pull-out\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Italian Open Hit With Withdrawal Bombshells as Two Former World No. 2s Pull Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Italian Open in <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Rome<\/a> will be without two major stars, as disappointing announcements poured in on Thursday. The two players in concern are Paula Badosa and Petra Kvitova &ndash; both players have been ranked as high as No. 2 in the world. Unfortunately, neither of them will take further part in this year&rsquo;s 1000-event.<\/p><p>Paula Badosa has been nursing a plethora of injuries for years now. However, it has been a specific back injury that has been causing her issues for a long time now. The Spaniard&rsquo;s last tournament where she officially completed the match and shook hands with her opponent was in February at the Dubai Open. Since then, this week&rsquo;s No. 9 seed retired in Merida, withdrew from Indian Wells, handed out a walkover in Miami and withdrew at home in Madrid.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paula Badosa and Petra Kvitova have withdrawn due to injury.<br><br>Badosa will be replaced by Lucky Loser Viktorija Golubic, while Ons Jabeur advances via walkover.<br><br>Wishing Paula and Petra a speedy recovery &#10084;&#65039;&zwj;&#129657;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IBI25?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#IBI25<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Internazionali BNL d'Italia (@InteBNLdItalia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InteBNLdItalia\/status\/1920403966912848204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>On the other hand, Petra Kvitova is making a comeback after giving birth. She picked up her first tour-level win as a mother in Round-1 over Irina-Camelia Begu. Kvitova is a two-time Wimbledon champion, and also reached the final of the Australian Open in 2019. Hoping to go deep in this year&rsquo;s competition ahead of Roland Garros, the Czech superstar is set to join Paula Badosa on the sidelines.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paula Badosa and Petra Kvitova Pull Out of Italian Open<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Petra Kvitova on her First Win Since Maternity Leave | 2025 Rome\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uRynhsd-2UQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Having received a bye in Round-1, Paula Badosa was drawn to face former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka in the Round of 64. The Japanese star eased past hometown hero Sara Errani in her first round match-up. Owing to her back issues however, the 2025 Australian Open semifinalist will not be able to compete on Thursday. Badosa admitted to feeling &ldquo;not 100%&rdquo; before the Madrid Open; clearly not much has changed. This means that Osaka will face lucky loser Viktorija Golubic instead.<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/fallen-casper-ruud-saluted-by-former-world-no-1-for-return-to-form-amid-mental-health-concerns\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>&lsquo;Fallen&rsquo; Casper Ruud Saluted By Former World No. 1 for Return to Form Amid Mental Health Concerns<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Fans were set to be treated to a blockbuster encounter between two friends on Frantic Friday, when Petra Kvitova and Ons Jabeur locked horns. After the latest update, the southpaw will be unable to compete, ensuring an automatic Round-3 entry for her Tunisian counterpart. Kvitova is dealing with a right lower leg injury. Jabeur will now face either No. 6 seed Jasmine Paolini or Lulu Sun in the Round of 32.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news at the Foro Italico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":50362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[6498,6150,6614,6332,4936,4950,6081],"class_list":["post-50358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-italian-open","tag-paula-badosa","tag-petra-kvitova","tag-rome-masters","tag-tennis","tag-wta","tag-wta-1000"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2025 Italian Open Hit With Withdrawal Bombshells as Two Former World No. 2s Pull Out - 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