Doha, March 5 (AFP/APP): Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the Doha Open Friday ahead of her semi-final clash with Garbine Muguruza, blaming injury which was on display as she battled through her last-eight tie against Elina Svitolina.
“Azarenka is withdrawing from her semi-final match tonight due to a back injury. Muguruza wins by walkover,” the WTA said in a statement.
Azarenka, a two-time winner of the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013, reached the quarters by seeing off Ukrainian top seed Svitolina, 6-2, 6-4. But back pain dogged her effort and saw her visibly slow down during the second set.
“The pain didn’t really get any better. I’m pretty proud of the way I handled it mentally. I tried to approach it and focus on the things that I could do rather than the things that I couldn’t do,” she said after the match. Muguruza will face either Petra Kvitova or Jessica Pegula in the final Saturday depending on the outcome of their semi-final clash.
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