French Open: Heartbreak for tearful Karolina Muchova as injury ends French Open, Amanda Anisimova through

Karolina Muchova suffered injury heartbreak in her 6-7(7) 6-2 3-0 retirement against Amanda Anisimova after she rolled her ankle and it forced her to retire mid-match. Muchova was made to work hard to keep her first service game with both players fighting for every point.

The Czech had an early break, keeping up her impressive efforts after defeating fourth-ranked Maria Sakkari in the second round. Ad/> Anisimova for her part, defeated Donna Vekic in the second round, and her ranking of 28th might have made her favourite against the 81-ranked Muchova, yet she was ranked 19th last year and only slipped to 81 after a repetitive abdominal problems — injury worries would later come back to haunt her.

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Muchova used the mid-set break to have treatment for a problem with her left thigh, and Anisimova broke early. Muchova then twisted her right ankle leading to her to take a moment away from the court to get strapped up, visibly upset.