[新聞]Dementieva says she'll try to play Wimbledon
Updated: June 14, 2005, 3:08 PM ET
Dementieva says she'll try to play Wimbledon
Reuters
DEN BOSCH, Netherlands -- Elena Dementieva's Wimbledon
preparations were thrown into disarray when she was
forced to retire from her Ordina Open second-round
match against Denisa Chladkova on Tuesday with a
shoulder injury.
The top-seeded Russian quit with the scores level at
5-5 but a scan revealed the injury was not as serious
as first thought.
"For the moment it's difficult to say if I'm [definitely]
going to be able to play at Wimbledon [starting on Monday],
but I'm trying to be optimistic," said Dementieva, who is
expected to be seeded sixth at the All England Club.
"The results of my test show that I have a right shoulder
strain. I hope that I can play but I'll have to wait and
see how it feels over the next few days. I'm going to take
care of it and do as much training as possible."
The top-seeded Russian had treatment when she was leading
4-3 and, though she returned afterwards, she quit with the
opening set level at 5-5.
Fourth-seeded Dinara Safina beat Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-1, and
fifth-seeded Nuria Lllagostera Vives lost to Lucie Safarova
6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Unseeded Michaella Krajicek advanced to the second round with
a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Ludmila Cervanova. The 16-year-old
Krajicek plans to play mixed doubles at Wimbledon with her
half brother, Richard, the 1996 Wimbledon champion.
In men's first-round action at the grass-court event, Mark
Philippoussis saved two set points in the tiebreaker in beating
seventh-seeded Christophe Rochus 6-3, 7-6 (8).
Also, local favorite Sjeng Schalken defeated Bjorn Phau 7-6 (5),
6-1, third-seeded Mario Ancic sent home Paul Logtens 6-4, 6-2,
and ninth-seeded Davide Sanguinetti beat Karol Kucera 7-6 (1), 6-4.
In women's doubles, Martina Navratilova rebounded from a
first-set tiebreak loss to advance with partner Anna-Lena
Groenefeld. They defeated Czech pair Safarova and Klara
Koukalova 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3.
The 48-year-old Navratilova lost in singles on Monday.
The nine-time Wimbledon champion has said she intends to
play doubles at Wimbledon this year, but not singles.
Dementieva looked in good form as she stormed to a 4-1
lead over Chladkova but she winced after stretching for
a backhand return in the next game, and after dropping
serve for 4-3, she called for the trainer.
She returned after treatment to break for 5-3 but after
the Czech broke back and then held for 5-5, Dementieva
called it quits.
"It was just too difficult to play on," she said.
Dementieva had been working with former Wimbledon champion
Richard Krajicek on her troublesome serve, but she did not
think that had anything to do with the injury.
"We didn't do anything different," she said.
"I was working really hard for a couple of days and he
really helped me a lot. I just think it's one of those
grasscourt things, with the bad bounces."
Dementieva, who was making her first appearance since her
upset by compatriot Elena Likhovtseva in the fourth round
at the French Open, said she had felt good coming into her
first event on grass.
"I think my game is in much better shape than at the French
Open," she said. "Sometimes when you're feeling good, bad
things happen to you.
"I felt really good and ready to play well here and at
Wimbledon, and now I don't know if I'll be able to. I have
never had anything like this before."
Dementieva is expected to pull out of the women's doubles
at Den Bosch, where she had been playing with Michaella Krajicek.
Krajicek showed she will be a threat to the seeded players at
Wimbledon next week as she crushed Ludmila Cervanova of Slovakia
6-1, 6-3 to reach the second round.
The Dutch 16-year-old was never troubled as she set up a clash
with third seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, who beat Czech
Iveta Benesova 6-4, 7-6.
Krajicek, a wild-card entrant and the only Dutch player in the
women's draw, rewarded tournament organizers with an accomplished
display against Cervanova, ranked 15 places above her at 85th.
"The whole match was pretty good today," Krajicek said.
"I made some wrong choices in the second set, some stupid shots,
but I served well."
Her win over Cervanova was revenge for her defeat by the Slovakian
in Den Bosch on her Tour debut in 2003 and Krajicek said she had
learned to be more relaxed.
"Two years ago I was really, really nervous, and last year too,"
she said. "But this time I was like, okay, that's done now. I was
pretty excited and was not worried that if I missed a shot, the
crowd would groan."
Krajicek has been awarded a wild-card to Wimbledon, where she will
also play with brother Richard in the mixed doubles.
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