Prozorova Disputes Concussion Withdrawal From Singapore Semifinal

On Sept. 25, 2026, organizers withdrew Tatiana Prozorova from the Singapore Open singles semifinal under WTA concussion protocol after a doubles ball strike. They announced it on Instagram around 11 p.m. She was set to face Talia Gibson on Sept. 26; Gibson advanced by walkover. Prozorova, 22, ranked No. 180, had reached her first WTA semifinal after three matches totaling over nine hours. She wrote that an opponent's smash grazed her cheek and hit her shoulder. A physio insisted on a test she did not know she could refuse. Fatigued after long days on court, she struggled only with standing on one leg with eyes closed, passed the other drills, and felt great after dinner. She said the physio pressed for six days' rest and claimed she was not capable of taking responsibility for her own life. My dream week came to an end today, she wrote. What is contested is her fitness versus the protocol. Prozorova says she was fit, pressured, and unfairly withdrawn. Tournament medical staff applied WTA concussion rules after the incident and the failed balance item; once under the protocol, a minimum six-day no-contact period applies and threatened her Beijing schedule. Her team held a long discussion with organizers before the decision stood.