Wimbledon champion Vondrousova suffers injury scare

Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has suffered an wounded scare little than a fortnight earlier her title defence is owed to start.

The Czech slipped and fell erstwhile starring 5-3 successful nan first group of her second-round lucifer against Anna Kalinskaya astatine nan Berlin Open.

Vondrousova clutched her correct hep and called for a aesculapian time-out earlier retiring 2 games later, pinch nan people astatine 5-5.

Wimbledon takes spot from 1-14 July, pinch Vondrousova group to commencement her title defence connected nan 2nd day

The 24-year-old became nan first unseeded subordinate to triumph nan Wimbledon women's singles title erstwhile she hit Ons Jabeur successful nan final.

Russia's Kalinskaya will look either world number 3 Aryna Sabalenka aliases compatriot Daria Kasatkina successful nan quarter-finals.

Elsewhere connected Thursday, 3rd seed Elena Rybakina reached nan quarter-finals pinch a 6-4 7-5 triumph complete Veronika Kudermetova.

Kazakhstan's Rybakina, nan 2022 Wimbledon champion, will play erstwhile world number 1 Victoria Azarenka next.

Eight of nan world's apical 10 are competing successful Berlin, pinch only top-ranked Iga Swiatek and world number 7 Jasmine Paolini absent.

Former French Open finalist Karolina Muchova is group to return to action astatine adjacent week's Eastbourne International aft 10 months retired pinch a wrist injury.

Muchova had room successful February aft sustaining nan wounded during nan US Open semi-finals successful September.

The 27-year-old Czech, who is now 34th successful nan world rankings, says she wants to build lucifer fittingness successful mentation for Wimbledon and nan Olympic Games.

"At nan extremity of this week, I'll alert to Eastbourne pinch nan squad wherever we'll yet effort to play immoderate matches successful mentation up of Wimbledon," Muchova told Canal+ Sport CZ.

"After Wimbledon I'll return backmost to nan clay, possibly play a tournament, aliases consecutive to nan Olympics."

Tennis astatine nan Olympics starts connected nan clay courts of Roland Garros connected 27 July.

Muchova is expected to play singles and partner Vondrousova successful nan women's doubles astatine her first Olympics.