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French Open: Victoria Azarenka pulls out with knee injury

Updated on: 25 May,2016 08:24 AM IST  | 
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Fifth seed Victoria Azarenka was knocked out of the French Open on Tuesday when she was forced to retire from her opening round tie with a knee injury

French Open: Victoria Azarenka pulls out with knee injury

Victoria Azarenka in pain during her match against Karin Knapp.

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Paris: Fifth seed Victoria Azarenka was knocked out of the French Open on Tuesday when she was forced to retire from her opening round tie with a knee injury.

Victoria Azarenka in pain during her match against Karin Knapp. Pic/AFP
Victoria Azarenka in pain during her match against Karin Knapp. Pic/AFP


Former world number one and two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka went down 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 4-0 to Italy’s world number 118 Karin Knapp.



Azarenka, semi-finalist in 2013, hurt her knee midway through the second set and required a medical timeout

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