If on Thursday it was Marketa Vondrousova who was forced to withdraw from the Berlin tournament due to injury, This Friday it was Elena Rybakina’s turn.
The Kazakh abandoned her quarterfinal match against Victoria Azarenka when she lost 3-1 in the first set. The 2022 Wimbledon champion sat on her bench, she put her hands to her face but did not wait for a medical evaluation. After 40 seconds, she got up and quickly ran to the locker room.
As was later learned, withdrawal occurred due to abdominal painwithout specifying the extent of the illness.
Bad news just over a week before the start of Wimbledonwhich hopes to have the presence of Vondrousova, whose problems seem more serious than Rybakina’s.
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The reigning Wimbledon champion retired after slipping in a change of direction during the ninth game of the first set of the round of 16 match that pitted her against Russian Anna Kalinskaya.
The harsh images already made it clear that the injury looked bad but, after being treated for several minutes by the physio, the Czech tried to continue playing.
He didn’t even last two games. After 5-5 he decided that he could not continue playing and went to the locker room devastated.
2024-06-21 13:28:17
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