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Wozniacki retires hurt after fall, Badosa knocked out at Bad Homburg

tennis27 June 2024 19:20| © Reuters
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Former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki had to retire from her quarterfinal match at the Bad Homburg Open on Thursday due to a knee injury while Paula Badosa was knocked out.

Danish wildcard Wozniacki was facing third-seeded American Emma Navarro and had taken the opening set in which she fell and seemed to hurt her knee.

The 33-year-old former Australian Open champion was losing 4-6 6-1 1-0 when she retired, with one eye on Wimbledon, which starts on Monday, where she also has a wildcard.

Spain's former world No 2 Badosa, also a wildcard, struggled with double faults and Russian Diana Shnaider's superior second serve in the second set as she lost 6-3 7-6(3).

Shnaider will face Navarro in the semifinals.

Croatia's Donna Vekic is also in the last four after receiving a walkover when Czech defending champion Katerina Siniakova pulled out due to a hip injury.

Vekic will play Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, who saved five match points in the final set tiebreak to edge Russia's Anna Blinkova 2-6 6-1 7-6(9) later on Thursday, in the semis.

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