Major update in Angel Reese injury battle after WNBA star revealed her rookie season was over

Angel Reese has undergone successful surgery on the broken wrist that cut short her WNBA rookie season.

Reese revealed on Saturday that she would not play again this season after damaging her left wrist.

The 22-year-old sustained the injury in Chicago Sky’s win over Los Angeles Sparks on Friday, falling hard on her hand and sustaining a hairline fracture.

On Tuesday night, the Sky released a statement that read: ‘Angel Reese underwent successful surgery on a fractured left wrist and is taking steps towards a healthy recovery.’

Reese is set to wear a cast for up to six weeks and the team added: ‘She is expected to start rehabilitation in the coming weeks.’

Angel Reese has undergone successful surgery on the broken wrist that cut short her season

The 22-year-old sustained the injury in Chicago Sky’s win over Los Angeles Sparks on Friday

The 22-year-old previously explained why she would go under the knife. ‘The doctors told me that I could either not get surgery or have surgery. The risk of not having surgery – I could literally have arthritis at 22 years old. That wasn’t an option,’ she said.

‘The bone could literally crack and completely shatter. Right now, it’s like a hairline… they’re going to put a small screw in it. And I wasn’t going for it getting any bigger.’

Earlier this week, Reese was forced to deny rumors that pregnancy was the real reason she was out for the rest of the season.

Following speculation that appeared online, the Chicago Sky star released a statement denying that she would have children ‘any time soon’.

‘I’m not pregnant, that was never a thing,’ Reese said. ‘I want to make this crystal, crystal, crystal clear.

‘I don’t have a man to have kids. I don’t have a ring to have kids. I’m 22 with no kids, and I’m not coming home to kids. So that’s not gonna be a thing any time soon.’