Weeping Peng pulls out
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May 28, 2011, Saturday
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INCONSISTENT champion Francesca Schiavone ambled into the French Open fourth round yesterday after China's Peng Shuai became the second player in the women's draw to suffer debilitating health problems.
The Italian was leading 6-3, 1-2 when Peng decided to pull out having been twice checked over by a doctor on court.
Peng said she had been feeling sick with a cough since Tuesday. "It was very tough to breathe," she told reporters in a hoarse voice. "At the start I was OK, I took some medicine. I just need rest."
Germany's Sabine Lisicki had to be carried off court on a stretcher in floods of tears last Wednesday having been on the brink of beating third seed Vera Zvonareva before folding.
She later blamed an intolerance to gluten.
Peng called for a doctor after the first game of the second set and had her blood pressure checked. She looked exhausted on her chair and started to cry.
"I've been just sick for three or four days," Peng said. "I just tried to call the trainer, the doctor might have given me some medicine, maybe it could have helped, but they just told me they could not."
Schiavone, the fifth seed, plays former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in the next round.
The Italian was leading 6-3, 1-2 when Peng decided to pull out having been twice checked over by a doctor on court.
Peng said she had been feeling sick with a cough since Tuesday. "It was very tough to breathe," she told reporters in a hoarse voice. "At the start I was OK, I took some medicine. I just need rest."
Germany's Sabine Lisicki had to be carried off court on a stretcher in floods of tears last Wednesday having been on the brink of beating third seed Vera Zvonareva before folding.
She later blamed an intolerance to gluten.
Peng called for a doctor after the first game of the second set and had her blood pressure checked. She looked exhausted on her chair and started to cry.
"I've been just sick for three or four days," Peng said. "I just tried to call the trainer, the doctor might have given me some medicine, maybe it could have helped, but they just told me they could not."
Schiavone, the fifth seed, plays former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in the next round.
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