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Barcelona's Araujo Says Thigh Surgery 'Best Option'

Football - LaLiga - Cadiz v FC Barcelona - Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla, Cadiz, Spain - September 10, 2022 Barcelona's Ronald Araujo during the warm up before the match. (Reuters)
Football - LaLiga - Cadiz v FC Barcelona - Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla, Cadiz, Spain - September 10, 2022 Barcelona's Ronald Araujo during the warm up before the match. (Reuters)
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Barcelona's Araujo Says Thigh Surgery 'Best Option'

Football - LaLiga - Cadiz v FC Barcelona - Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla, Cadiz, Spain - September 10, 2022 Barcelona's Ronald Araujo during the warm up before the match. (Reuters)
Football - LaLiga - Cadiz v FC Barcelona - Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla, Cadiz, Spain - September 10, 2022 Barcelona's Ronald Araujo during the warm up before the match. (Reuters)

Uruguay's Ronald Araujo has denied putting club before country after the Barcelona defender opted for surgery on his injured thigh less than two months before the World Cup.

Araujo picked up the injury on Friday in Uruguay's 1-0 defeat by Iran in a friendly, leaving the pitch after only five minutes.

Barca said the 23-year-old had suffered a tendon injury in his right thigh and that he would undergo surgery on Wednesday, a decision which casts doubt on his availability for the World Cup.

"I love my country and I love my national team," Araujo posted on Twitter.

"After consulting with several professionals, we decided that the best option is surgery. It's not about choosing one or the other, it's about health and getting back to 100% as soon as possible."

Uruguay will face Portugal, Ghana and South Korea in Group H at the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 World Cup in Qatar.

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Sabalenka Pulls off ‘Crazy Comeback’ to Defeat Rybakina at Berlin Open

Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka celebrates winning against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, during their women's singles quarterfinal match of the Berlin WTA tennis tournament, in Berlin, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka celebrates winning against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, during their women's singles quarterfinal match of the Berlin WTA tennis tournament, in Berlin, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
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Sabalenka Pulls off ‘Crazy Comeback’ to Defeat Rybakina at Berlin Open

Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka celebrates winning against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, during their women's singles quarterfinal match of the Berlin WTA tennis tournament, in Berlin, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka celebrates winning against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, during their women's singles quarterfinal match of the Berlin WTA tennis tournament, in Berlin, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staged a "crazy comeback," saving four match points before beating Elena Rybakina 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (6) in the quarterfinals of the Berlin Open on Friday.

Sabalenka was 6-2 down in the final-set tie-breaker but won six straight points to reach her eighth semifinal of the season.

"Elena is a great player and we’ve had a lot of tough battles," Sabalenka said. "I have no idea how I was able to win those last points. I think I just got lucky.

"I remember a long time ago when I was just starting, I won a lot of matches being down match points, and not so long ago I was thinking that it’s been a while since I’ve made a crazy comeback, and here I am."

Sabalenka next faces Marketa Vondrousova, who defeated Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-1. Liudmila Samsonova also went through with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Amanda Anisimova.

Samsonova will next meet Wang Xinyu after her opponent, Paula Badosa, was forced to withdraw due to a right hip injury after losing the first set 6-1.