Petra Kvitova withdraws from Eastbourne with injury
ByReuters
Updated 27/06/2018 at 11:01 GMT
Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has withdrawn from the Eastbourne grasscourt championships with a hamstring injury, organisers said on Wednesday.
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic looks on during her match against Kateryna Bondernko of the Ukraine on day five of the Nature Valley International at Devonshire Park on June 26, 2018 in Eastbourne, United Kingdom.
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The third seed was due to play to play a third-round match against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.
"I'm really disappointed to have to withdraw from Eastbourne this morning," the Czech player said.
"I felt my hamstring in the Birmingham final and although I played with tape in my match here yesterday, when I woke up this morning it felt worse.
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"With Wimbledon around the corner I couldn't take the risk of making it worse by playing today."
Kvitova won the Wimbledon title in 2011 and 2014. (Reporting by Martyn Herman Editing by Keith Weir)
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