{"id":303555,"date":"2023-06-03T10:45:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T10:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=303555"},"modified":"2023-06-03T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T10:58:14","slug":"sick-champions-shock-roland-garros-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=303555","title":{"rendered":"Sick champion's shock Roland-Garros withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina pulled out of Roland-Garros<\/a> before her third round match on Saturday because she is sick.<\/p>\n

"I just wanted to give 100 per cent and obviously I'm far from being 100 per cent," Rybakina said.<\/p>\n

"If I cannot breathe, there is no chance I can even run and try to compete."<\/p>\n

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\"Elena<\/p>\n

The No.4-seeded Rybakina was supposed to face 132nd-ranked Sara Sorribes Tormo in the day's opening contest on Court Philippe Chatrier.<\/p>\n

They were scheduled to begin playing at 11.45am local time, but instead, at that very moment, Rybakina sat down behind the microphone at a news conference to explain why she was withdrawing from the year's second Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

Sounding stuffed up, Rybakina explained that she has been running a fever, didn't sleep well the past two nights and had difficulty breathing during a warmup session Saturday ahead of her match.<\/p>\n

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\"Elena<\/p>\n

She said a doctor told her there is a virus going around "here in Paris."<\/p>\n

Rybakina, who won each of her first two matches this week in straight sets, was considered among the top contenders for the championship at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n

She has won her past 10 matches, including a tune-up title on red clay at the Italian Open last month.<\/p>\n

\"Runner-up's<\/p>\n

She plays a power-built game based in part on one of the best serves on the WTA Tour, which she leads in aces this season.<\/p>\n

Last July, Rybakina won her first major trophy, defeating Ons Jabeur in the final at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Rybakina is a 23-year-old who was born in Moscow and has represented Kazakhstan since 2018, when that country offered her funding to support her tennis career.<\/p>\n

\"Kostyuk<\/p>\n

The switch was a topic of conversation during Wimbledon, because the All England Club barred athletes who represent Russia or Belarus from entering the tournament in 2022 due to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The walkover allows the 26-year-old Sorribes Tormo to advance to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career.<\/p>\n

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