Another week, another injury withdrawal for Maria Sharapova.
This time the Russian will skip with Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, citing the left arm injury that forced her out of Stanford following her first-round win and saw her skip this week’s tournament in Toronto.
Sharapova withdrew from Rome due to a thigh injury and missed the entire grasscourt swing.
Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from @CincyTennis due to the left forearm injury she sustained in Stanford.
Statement: pic.twitter.com/z0yOnxK2TM
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) August 13, 2017
Cincinnati is SIXTH tournament Sharapova has pulled out of with injury. Could continuing uncertainties factor into USTA's wild card call?
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) August 13, 2017
Sharapova – a champion in Cincinnati in 2011 – had been drawn to face Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko in what was the pick of the tournament’s first-round matches.
She joins Victoria Azarenka on the sidelines, who withdrew from Cincinnati citing family matters.
Qualifying matches for the combined ATP/WTA tournament have already begun.
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