Kim Clijsters Withdraws From Wimbledon 2011 With Foot Injury
by Ben Rothenberg on Jun 15, 2011 11:37 AM EDT
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Just hours after being named the #2 seed in the Ladies' Singles draw, 2011 Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters has withdrawn from Wimbledon. Clijsters cited the ankle/foot injury that kept her out of most the clay season as her reason, saying that she reaggravated it during her loss to Romina Oprandi in the second round of 's-Hertogenbosch this week.
Said Clijsters in a statement:
"I'm very very disappointed to have to withdraw from Wimbledon after injuring my foot again at the tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch. At this moment I feel frustrated that it has to happen now before one of my favourite tournaments. I've always enjoyed being a part of the Wimbledon atmosphere but I have no other choice now but to rest, recover and to not play tennis for a few weeks."
Clijsters initial injury occurred while dancing at a wedding, making this the second injury to a top contender in less than a year suffered in a non-tennis celebratory setting (the other being Serena Williams' glass ridden foot, obviously).
With her loss to Arantxa Rus in the second round of Roland Garros in May, it doesn't seem like Clijsters has ever been near 100% health since hurting her foot. Wimbledon is the only slam that Clijsters' has never made the finals of, having made the finals of each of the other three slams at least twice. She made the semifinals twice, in 2003 and 2006, losing to eventual runners-up Venus Williams and Justine Henin-Hardenne, respectively. Since the withdrawal came before the draw, (formerly #3, now) #2 seed Vera Zvonareva will now occupy Line 128 of the draw, and Tsvetana Pironkova, a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2010, will become the #32 seed.
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