Sluggish and injured Serena Williams adrift her third consecutive clay fit to boom out of the Madrid Masters after pulling the stopple while trailing 4-6 to Francesca Schiavone in the at the outset spell yesterday. The disappear of the younger sow leaves Williams in a precarious stance without a victory on the dirt heading into the May 24 creation of Roland Garros. "After the blue ribbon set I did not want to jeopardize anymore. I'm hoping to be likely for Roland Garros," she insisted.
Williams, who also obsolete in Marbella and last week in Rome and has suffered with thigh and knee injuries, effectively stayed on court for 45 minutes to steer clear of a 75,000 sunny which the WTA would have imposed for wanting to place the experimental tournament. The commission would have been imposed had she pulled out of the happening and then not shown up on site for essentially a public relations look under the rules. The multimillionairess has already confounded several hundred thousand dollars in year-end reward pool means as a result of refusing to compete at Indian Wells pattern March.
"I don't be sure about you, but 75,000 is a lot of coin to me," said the victor of more than two million dollars in purse money so far this season. "I'm redecorating a blood and 75,000 is my furniture budget, some stairs… "I can't just go penmanship cheques for 75,000 in this economy," added the ten-time Grand Slam champion, a 24-million-dollar ball and chain over the practice of her career. Williams insisted with some machismo that she would focus to frivolity both singles and doubles at the French Open, starting a week from Sunday.
Williams has not won a affiliation since April 2 in a Miami semi-final over her sister Venus. French seasoned Amelie Mauresmo claimed her first-round meet with a whip of Ai Sugiyama 6-2, 6-4 and Daniela Hantuchova rallied in a comeback over Gisela Dulko 7-6 (9/7), 6-1. Russian eighth tuber Nadia Petrova reached the third vibrant as she overhauled German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5). On the men's side, French ninth grain Jo-Wilfried Tsonga added more despair this mature for two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin, defeating the Russian 6-4, 7-5 with Safin now winless in four of his five clay matches this reveal as he continues down the highway to retirement.
Swiss Stan Wawrinka advanced over Italian Marco Crugnola 6-2, 6-0 while Spanish 12th motivation David Ferrer gave retreat fans a tremor as he reached the lieutenant nearby over Argentine Guillermo Canas 6-2, 6-2. British fourth cause Andy Murray scholastic the unanimity of his second-round contestant when Simone Bolelli round Juan Chela 7-5, 7-6 (7/3). American Mardy Fish, an Estoril quarter-finalist most recent week, earned his fourth get from seven flexibility clay matches, defeating Serb Janko Tipsarevic 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.
Florent Serra of France defeated old-timer German Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 6-4 while Croatian Ivan Ljubicic advanced over Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-2.
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