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Davenport withdraws from China Open due to injury
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-19 16:52
American tennis star Lindsay Davenport has pulled out of the 580,000 US
dollars China Open WTA tournament, organizers said here on Monday.
Former world number one Lindsay
Davenport annouces her exit at China Open in Beijing, capital city of
China citing a back injury, organizers said here on Monday.
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The second seed called the Beijing organizing committee from Bali, where she
won the Wismilak International on Sunday, to notify her withdrawal citing a back
injury.
Current world number one Maria Sharapova of Russia and American multiple
Grand Slam champions Venus Williams and Serena Williams, the other three of top
four seeds, all confirmed their appearance,with Serena showing up on the
training court on Monday.
The WTA event in Beijing kicked off on Monday and Davenport had been drawn to
face Japanese Akiko Morigami or Ai Sugiyama in the second round as all the top
four seeds enjoyed first-round exit.
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