French Open champion Garbine Muguruza retired with a left Achilles injury in her second-round match against Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The seventh-ranked Muguruza drew the trainer on court when trailing 3-0, but they spoke only during the medical timeout and she didn’t receive any treatment.
Category: Olympic Tennis
2016 review: Some good-news stories that punctured the gloom
IN so many respects, 2016 was such an avalanche of bad news that it made you want to sell up and retire to a remote island with no TV or phone reception. The bad news doesn’t need rehearsing here.
New Year Honours 2017: Olympic heroes and entertainers recognised
Olympic stars Andy Murray, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill are recognised in a New Year Honours list which also includes big names from the entertainment world. Rio 2016 men’s tennis champion Murray and double gold-winning athlete Farah receive knighthoods, while heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill becomes a dame.