Defending champion Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from the Italian Open resulting from sickness, the match stated on Friday.
The Wimbledon 2022 champion’s withdrawal was introduced hours earlier than she was scheduled to start her title defence towards Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu.
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Kazakhstan’s Rybakina would get replaced by Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin, the match stated in a put up on X. “We want our 2023 champion a speedy restoration,” they added.
World quantity 4 Rybakina is scheduled to play within the French Open later this month.