Injured Wozniacki drops out of Strasbourg


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Aug 31, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark hits to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia on day three of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters Picture Supplied by Action Images

(Reuters) - Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki's preparation for next week's French Open suffered a huge blow after she retired injured from her opening-round match against American Shelby Rogers at Strasbourg International on Monday.

Top-seed Wozniacki, who started the match with a 4-3 win-loss record on clay this year, failed to see off the first set as Rogers saved three set points to win 7-6.

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