PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Ash Barty retired from her second-round match at the French Open on Thursday because of a left hip injury that had flared up during training just before the clay-court Grand Slam.
The 2019 champion trailed 6-1, 2-2 when she signaled that she couldn’t continue against Polish rival Magda Linette on Court Philippe Chatrier.
“It’s heartbreaking,” Barty said. “We have had such a brilliant clay-court season, and to kind of get a little bit unlucky with timing, more than anything, to have something kind of acute happen over the weekend and just kind of run out of time against the clock is disappointing.