Friday, April 8, 2011

Back injury forces Safina to retire in Marbella

The lower back problem that kept Dinara Safina off the tour for a long time returned today in Marbella. The former world number 1 had to retire against Victoria Azarenka in the first set of their quarterfinal match. Safina's back injury was originally suspected to be career-threatening, and she had to leave the tour twice because of it. She has since struggled to make a comeback, and was given a wild card to play in Marbella.

5 comments:

svente said...

:(

I really miss her. That's too, too bad.

Anonymous said...

This worries me.

Anonymous said...

Just when she seemed to be making progress. Wish her well.

Mel

Diane said...

I was afraid this was going to happen. Poor Dinara.

Lynda said...

This cannot succeed in reality, that is exactly what I suppose.