- World No 8 pulls out of warmup event with injury
- ‘I hope to be 100% next week,’ Australian says
Australian preparations for the French Open have hit a speed bump with Ashleigh Barty injured, John Millman eliminated from a warm-up tournament and only three Australians left in qualifying. Barty pulled out of her first-round match at the Strasbourg International against compatriot Daria Gavrilova on Tuesday with a right arm injury – one she has had on and off since she was 16.
“I felt that it was back. I tested myself, but this morning [Tuesday], I knew that I will not be able to play,” she told tournament media. “Next week there is Roland-Garros ... Then it’s the grass season. I will have two very busy months. For now, the only thing to do is to spend two or three days without touching the racket. I hope that I will be 100% ... next week,” she said.
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