Casey Dellacqua, a former Top 40 player who became an Australian sensation with her run to the 2008 Aussie Open quarters, is out for up to nine months after having a bone removed from her right foot. The 25-year-old has already missed much of the past 18 months with shoulder and foot troubles.
“Sadly it is going to be a long recovery,” she wrote on her website. “But I am really determined to get my body totally right before I come back this time. I will be fine, but I am not going to rush it.”—Matthew Cronin