Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova has withdrawn from Eastbourne with a thigh harm simply 4 days earlier than her SW19 title defence begins.
The Czech was taken to 3 units in each of her matches on the south coast, beating Britons Harriet Dart and Jodie Burrage in spherical one and two respectively.
She was set to face France’s Varvara Gracheva within the quarter-finals however pulled out earlier than the match started.
Two-time main singles champion Krejcikova initially felt the difficulty on Wednesday and mentioned it had “bought worse” in a single day.
“I am very sorry to must withdraw as I am having some soreness in my proper thigh,” the 29-year-old mentioned.
“I believe it is higher with Wimbledon within the subsequent couple of days simply to relaxation it and to see what is going on on and to resolve that.”
Krejcikova, who will open play on Tuesday at Wimbledon because the defending ladies’s champion, has performed simply six matches this yr after a prolonged lay-off with a again harm.
She misplaced her first-round match at Queen’s final week then saved match factors in opposition to each Dart and Burrage.
The world quantity 17 beat Italy’s Jasmine Paolini within the Wimbledon last final yr.
