After the plans of Paula Badosa, Petra Kvitova and Karolina Muchova this Thursday, the Rome tournament acted the absences of two other players in recent hours, for ATP as for WTA.
Thus, in the male painting, Jordan Thompson withdrew before his second round which was to oppose Brandon Nakashima. Among women, Ekaterina Alexandrova was forced to give up before her match against Emma Raducanu.
The Australian, who had come out in extremis in the first round against Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard (3-6, 6-3, 7-6), is touched on the back and will not be able to introduce himself on the court this Friday: “I was not sure I could play here, but I tried. My body may not thank me tomorrow, ”said Thompson, who therefore lets Nakashima join the third round without having to play the slightest match.
For its part, the Russian, 20th in the world, was to face Raducanu for the third time of the season on the occasion of the second round, but a right shoulder injury prevents it from playing this tournament, a few days before Roland-Garros. The Briton will finally play against Jil Teichmann, Lucky Loser Switzerland who points to 94th place in the WTA ranking.
