Sharapova and Mauresmo withdraw from Rome
16th May 2006
Russian Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Italian Masters Tournament with an injury to her right foot. The injury has bothered her for weeks, and she still hasn’t recovered. Sharapova had hopes to play the tournament as a warm up for next week’s Roland Garros.
Another withdrawal is Amelie Mauresmo. The French world number 1 withdrew with an injury she sustained on Saturday when she played Justine Henin-Hardenne in Germany at the Berlin Open.
With the withdrawal of the two players, the Rome tournament has lost their top two seeds and now Kim Clijsters is the number one seed.
Today both Venus Williams and Martina Hingis will play their matches versus respectively Zuzana Ondraskova from Czechs and Italian Sara Errani.
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