Jennifer Brady withdraws from U.S. Open with injury

American Jennifer Brady made it to the semifinal round of the 2020 U.S. Open and then reached the final of this year's Australian Open. However, the 26-year-old currently ranked No. 14 will make no such run in Flushing Meadows this time around. 

According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), Brady withdrew from the U.S. Open on the first day of the tournament's main draw because of an injury that forced her to retire from her second-round match against Jelena Ostapenko at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati earlier this month. Per ESPN, Brady was set to face 18-year-old Emma Raducanu in the first round of the U.S. Open. 

Dzevad Mesic of Tennis World USA noted for a piece published Aug. 18 that Brady had been carrying the unspecified injury throughout the summer.

"Yeah, just something that just takes a long time. It's a bit of a nagging injury," she explained at that time. "It's something that you can't really like put a boot on or crutch around and it just goes away. It takes a lot of work. It's really sensitive. 

"Yeah, it's not something that can just disappear on its own. Yeah, I've definitely been trying to do everything I possibly can. I mean, I'm feeling a lot better, so we'll see how it feels."