Spain's Badosa ruled out of French Open with spinal fracture
Paula Badosa will miss the French Open after suffering a stress fracture in her spine at the Italian Open last week, the former world number two said on Thursday.
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Defending champion Iga Swiatek is injury doubt for French Open
Iga Swiatek suffered an injury scare ahead of defending her French Open title when the World No 1 was forced to pull out of her Rome Masters quarter-final against Elena Rybakina.
Iga Swiatek out of Italian Open as injury retirement hands victory to Elena Rybakina in Rome
Iga Swiatek is out of the Italian Open as an injury retirement in the third set handed a 2-6 7-6(3) 2-2 ret. victory to Elena Rybakina in Rome. The pair had traded sets to that point and were level in the decider after two hours and 19 minutes of play, before Swiatek decided she could carry on no longer.
Ons Jabeur hopeful of 'great results' at French Open despite early Italian Open defeat to Paula Badosa
Ons Jabeur is still hopeful that she can achieve “great results” at the French Open despite mixed preparation on clay this season. Jabeur looked to be returning to form when she won her opening clay event in Charleston in early April. Ad But she then retired with injury after three games of her Stuttgart semi-final against Iga Swiatek and missed her title defence in Madrid.
‘The goal is No 1’: Gauff at crossroads after hitting first speed bumps
H alfway through her third-round tussle with Paula Badosa in Madrid this month, Coco Gauff’s mind was elsewhere. Errors sprayed from her racket and she could barely land a forehand inside the court. Gauff haemorrhaged game after game, sharing grim expressions with her team. She was dismantled 6-3, 6-0.
Italian Open: Swiatek sails into third round but Jabeur beaten on return from injury
Iga Swiatek began her bid for a third straight Italian Open title in devastating style on Friday as the top seed crushed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 6-0 in the second round, while Ons Jabeur was defeated on her return from injury.
Italian Open: Big names continue to fall as Ons Jabeur suffers early exit to Paula Badosa on return from injury
Another big name fell early at the Italian Open as Ons Jabeur's return from injury ended in a straight-sets defeat to Paula Badosa, but Maria Sakkari safely progressed. The Tunisian’s exit means that three of the top four seeds have failed to make it to the last 32, after Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula also suffered shock exits. Ad Badosa applied pressure on Jabeur’s serve throughout, taking five of nine break points to clinch a 6-1 6-4 victory in 70 minutes.
Coco Gauff eases past Yulia Putintseva and Victoria Azarenka beats Sloane Stephens as pair progress in Italian Open
Coco Gauff made little error as she swept past Yulia Putintseva 6-0 6-1 at the Italian Open in Rome. The sixth seed won seven straight games as she claimed the first set in style and took the front foot in the opener, before Putintseva clawed a game back to the appreciation of the Rome crowd. Ad But it would only go down as a consolation, as Gauff thundered through the next five games to put a marker down in her Rome opener.