Player Withdrawals: Week of February 18
Article by Aaress Lawless on Feb 18, 2008 | Print |
The list of tennis players who have withdrawn from this week’s Qatar Total Open in Doha and Copa Colsanitas Santander in Bogota include world No. 1 Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, and Alicia Molik.
Qatar Total Open - Doha, Qatar
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Right knee injury
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Personal reasons
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) - Left hip strain
Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Illness
Justine Henin (BEL) - Scheduling
Michaella Krajicek (NED) - Left wrist injury
Alicia Molik (AUS) - Right elbow injury, calf injury
Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) - Left wrist injury
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) - Left knee injury
Julia Vakulenko (UKR) - Right wrist injury
Serena Williams (USA) - Scheduling
Copa Colsanitas Santander - Bogota, Colombia
Stephanie Dubois (CAN) - Back injury
Gisela Dulko (ARG) - Left hamstring injury
Lilia Osterloh (USA) - Right shoulder injury
Roberta Vinci (ITA) - Shoulder injury
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) - Left ankle injury
Withdrawal list courtesy of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
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NIck | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
Henin is losing $125,000 for missing Doha this week…at least that’s what I read….but it comes off her prize money at the end of the year.
Aaress | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
Nick - I also heard about Henin’s fines. Women’s Tennis Blog reported that Henin will lose $125,000 of her bonus money, plus she picked up an additional $10,000 fine.
Richard | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
What a good week it is to be a lucky loser!
pov | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
Wild. From what they state on WTB , she opted for Antwerp over Doha. So even though she won $95,500, she knowingly payed to play.
Alsacienne | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
It’s all emotional. Last Belgian tournament, probably ever during her career. Did you watch her play last week? Awful! Awful! She was all nerves. It was almost amusing to watch Alisa who? Kleybanova chase her around the court in set 1!
But she won it, so great for her and all Belgium is happy.
Aaress | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
It was a nice gesture of good will for Henin to play Antwerp in its final year, especially with Clijsters retired.
I didn’t get a chance to watch any of her matches Alsacienne, but from what I heard, Justine played pretty badly from start to finish. She’ll need to rest up because Dubai won’t be a cakewalk with Serena and Maria planning to compete.