If on Thursday Marketa Vondrousova was forced to withdraw from the tournament in Berlin due to injury, This Friday it’s Elena Rybakina.
The Kazakh abandoned her quarterfinal match against Victoria Azarenka after losing 3-1 in the first set. The 2022 Wimbledon champion sat on his bench, put his hands on his face but did not wait for a medical examination. After 40 seconds, he stood up and quickly ran to the locker room.
Bad news more than a week before Wimbledon startswho hopes to have the presence of Vondrousova, whose problems seem more serious than Rybakina’s.
The reigning Wimbledon champion retired after slipping in a change of direction in the ninth game of the first set of the round of 16 match she tied against Russian Anna Kalinskaya.
Cruel images made it clear the injury looked bad but, after being treated for several minutes by the physio, the Czech tried to continue playing.
He didn’t last two games. After 5-5 he decided he couldn’t continue playing and went to the locker room devastated.
Source: La Verdad
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