Coria doubtful for Open

ByReuters

Published 14/01/2004 at 09:25 GMT

World number five Guillermo Coria of Argentina pulled out of the Auckland Open on Wednesday with an abdominal injury, putting his participation in the Australian Open in doubt.

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The top seed for the Auckland tournament, a warm-up for the first grand slam event of the year, which starts next week, sustained the injury in his opening round victory over Germany's Nicolas Kiefer on Monday.

He underwent a scan and a specialist on Wednesday advised him against continuing in the tournament.

"Obviously I am really disappointed," Coria said.

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"I hope to be 100 percent fit for Melbourne (Australian Open), but at this stage I am not sure I will be."

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