Maria Sharapova from the Rogers Open after her succeeding-round victory Wednesday because of a shoulder injury.
Tennis newsMaria Sharapova withdrew from the Rogers Open after her additional-round victory Wednesday because of a shoulder injury. Jeopardizing her participation in the Beijing Olympics.
Third- Sharapova of Russia defeated Marta Domachowska of Poland 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in a cup tie that took practically three . She will have an MRI scan Thursday.
She said her poise at the upcoming Olympics and the U.S. Open, which begins in late August, will hang by and large on the results of the tests.
Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic, with a distended scan, advanced to the third round with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Petra Kvitova, while Serb compatriot and No. 2 seeded Jelena Jankovic cruised through with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada.
Trailing 3-4 in the subsequent set, Sharapova had the coach look at her right shoulder, an injury that force have contributed to her committing 17 double in the tie. She in the end lost the next set, then Sharapova won the first four sports of the final set to lock up the equivalent.
“It’s obviously unfortunate,” Sharapova said. “You know, you try to do every little possible matter you can. But at the end of the day when you go on high court and you’re intellectual approaching provoking stuff, you’re thinking near an injury, it’s not exceedingly the way to play.”
Sharapova said she careful not coming out for the set. The shoulder has been her since March when she heightened it at Indian Wells.
“It’s chewy to go on quad and not be close to even 50 percent,” Sharapova said. “I’m too good of a player to go out there and try to ding-dong through to some degree that can in due course become somewhat thought-provoking.”
Ivanovic, who hurt her right browse through while practicing 10 days ago, refused to use the injury as an excuse for her struggles in her first competition since Wimbledon.
Results generally went according to suspense Wednesday.
Sixth- Russian Anna Chakvetadze beat U.S. old hand Jill Craybas 6-2, 7-5, No. 7 Dinara Safina dispatched Russian compatriot Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 6-4, while Patty Schyder of Switzerland, seeded ninth, came from 2-5 down in the following set to beat Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-1, 7-5.
Two subordinate seeds lost Wednesday. No. 13 seed Maria Kirilenko fell to Canadian local favored Stephanie Dubois 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4), and 15th- Flavia Pennetta of Italy lost 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 to Michelle Larcher de Brito, a 15-year-old challenger from Portugal.
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