Story ProgressBack to home
Petkovic, Szavay, Kanepi withdraw from Wimbledon
Recent top-10 player Andrea Petkovic of Germany has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of a persistent right ankle injury.
- Associated Press
- Updated: June 14, 2012 10:24 PM IST
Read Time:1 min
London:
Recent top-10 player Andrea Petkovic of Germany has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of a persistent right ankle injury.
She missed the Australian Open because of a lower back injury, then hurt her ankle in her comeback tournament and has missed the French Open.
Petkovic reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals last year at the Australian, French and U.S. Opens, and the third round at Wimbledon.
She was replaced by Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia.
Hungary's Agnes Szavay (back) and Estonia's Kaia Kanepi (foot) also withdrew, and replaced by Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine, and Heather Watson of Britain.
Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, who has hardly played in more than a year, was replaced by Vasek Pospisil of Canada, who will make his Wimbledon main draw debut.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis Bojana Jovanovski Wimbledon 2011 Agnes Szavay Andrea Petkovic Serena Williams Mardy Fish Vasek Pospisil Heather Watson Andy Murray Kaia Kanepi Na Li Victoria Azarenka Wimbledon 2012
Get the Latest IPL 2024 Updates, check out IPL 2024 schedules and IPL points table at NDTV Sports.Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for more sports updates. You can also download the NDTV Cricket app for Android or iOS.