Thursday, February 10, 2011

Paris Open - Sharapova Withdrawal Makes It Easy For Clijsters to be Number One Again

PARIS - As Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters heading towards her goal to attain world number one position, luck is also helping her out. She only needs to reach in semifinals of the Paris Open to be number one in the world again. The target is getting even swift because of big names withdrawing from the event due to injuries.

Recent withdrawal announced by World No. 13, Russian Maria Sharapova. Russian superstar Maria pulled out of the WTA Paris Open tournament due to a throat infection since the weekend and check with a doctor on Thursday morning before deciding to pull out.

Maria Sharapova, Russian second seed, who had a bye in the first round, was due to play Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States in the second round on Thursday. She had missed her media commitments earlier in the week and only managed to train for 10 minutes on Wednesday.

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