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Jonathan White

China’s No 1 tennis player Zhang Shuai has pulled out of the US Open warm-up Canadian Open after suffering a thigh injury.
World No 51 Zhang cut short her National Bank Open in Montreal midway through her match with Britain’s Johanna Konta.
Zhang, who was not picked to represent China at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, had won the first set 6-2 but was down 5-2 in the second set of the WTA 1000 event when she had to stop.
The 32-year-old is also out of the women’s doubles with Japan’s Eri Hozumi.

Zhang and Hozumi played together at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in Italy last month, where they reached the semi-final of the clay court tournament before withdrawing.
The pair also partnered for the Silicon Valley Classic last week, reaching the quarter-finals where they lost to Ellen Perez and Kveta Peschke.
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In the singles on the hard court tournament at San Jose State University last week, Zhang beat Madison Keys and Emma Raducanu before losing in the quarters to Ana Konjuh.
The US Open begins on August 30 with Cincinatti’s Western and Southern Open forming the next WTA 1000 stop on the North American hard court swing ahead of the slam.
Zhang has never got past the round of 32 at the US Open, reaching that stage in 2019, 2017 and 2016. She has made the quarters at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon.


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Konta and Zhang pose for a photo after the final. Photo: Reuters

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China’s No 1 pulls out of first round match with Johanna Konta in Montreal after going one set up
Thigh injury also sees world No 51 singles player pull out of doubles with Japan’s Eri Hozumi



China’s No 1 pulls out of first round match with Johanna Konta in Montreal after going one set up.


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