Fish and Petkovic out of French Open

22 May 2012, 7:06 am   -   Source: AAP

Men's No.10 Mardy Fish and women's No.16 Andrea Petkovic have pulled out of the coming French Open tennis tournament due to injury.

Tenth-ranked Mardy Fish and women's No.16 Andrea Petkovic are among several players who have pulled out of next week's French Open tennis.

Fish has not played a match for more than a month and organisers said on Monday the big-serving American has fatigue, while Petkovic of Germany has a right ankle problem.

They are replaced by Canada's Frank Dancevic and Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine respectively.

Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay (knee) and Spain's Pere Riba (left leg) also pulled out of the men's tournament and were replaced by Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia and Italy's Simone Bolelli.

In the women's draw, Agnes Szavay of Hungary (back), Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova (left foot) and Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky (abdominal) were replaced by Mathilde Johansson of France, Spain's Laura Pous-Tio and Argentina's Paula Ormaechea.

Two-time finalist Robin Soderling of Sweden announced earlier on Monday he will not return from a lengthy layoff until after the Olympics.

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