FILE: TENNIS - World number three Maria Sharapova withdraws from the U.S. Open because of a shoulder injury

Record ID: 860514

  • Title: FILE: TENNIS - World number three Maria Sharapova withdraws from the U.S. Open because of a shoulder injury
  • Date: 22nd August 2013
  • Summary: FILE (LONDON, UK - JUNE 22, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MARIA SHARAPOVA (GREY LEGGINGS) PRACTISING FOR WIMBLEDON FILE (LONDON, UK - JUNE 23, 2012) (REUTERS) WIMBLEDON SIGN VARIOUS OF MARIA SHARAPOVA PRACTISING FOR WIMBLEDON
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  • Story Text: Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the U.S. Open because of a shoulder injury, tournament organisers have confirmed.
    The 26-year-old world number three and third seed at the tournament starting on Monday (August 26) is suffering from inflammation in her right shoulder.
    Sharapova wrote on her Facebook page that withdrawing from the year's final grand slam was "a really tough decision to make".
    "I have done everything I could since Wimbledon to get myself ready but it just wasn't enough time.
    "I have done many tests, received several opinions and it all comes down to taking the proper amount of time to heal my shoulder injury properly.
    "It's certainly not an easy decision to make ahead of one of my favourite tournaments, but I know it's the right one that will get me back on the courts soon.
    "I plan on taking the next few weeks off, receiving proper treatment and rehabilitation," wrote the Russian.
    The four-times grand slam winner, who triumphed at Flushing Meadows in 2006, dismissed coach Jimmy Connors last week after just one match together.
    Sharapova lost to 20-year-old American Sloane Stephens in the second round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati , her only match since a second-round exit at Wimbledon.
    Defending champion Serena Williams is the top seed for the U.S. Open, ahead of Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who now moves up to third.
    Tournament director David Brewer had earlier announced Sharapova's withdrawal.
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