Overview
- Gauff stopped after 54 minutes against Alexandra Eala while trailing 2–6, 0–2 in the Indian Wells third round.
- She described a sudden, frightening sensation in her left arm that felt like fireworks and burning.
- An MRI is planned to determine the extent of the problem, which her team believes could involve a nerve.
- Eala advanced to the round of 16 and expressed sympathy, noting no one wants a match to end that way.
- This marks only the second retirement of Gauff’s career, the previous coming in Cincinnati in 2022, and she said she is optimistic about playing Miami.