Kvitova Pulls out of Rogers Cup with Arm Injury

Petra Kvitova will join Garbiñe Muguruza on the sidelines of Rogers Cup.The Czech says her left arm injury is still not healed enough to allow her to begin the hardcourt season.

I'm so disappointed to have to withdraw from @rogerscup 😔My forearm injury is continuing to cause problems so, on the advice of my medical team, I won't make the trip to Canada.I will really miss being in Toronto this year and wish the tournament every success 😘
— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) August 2, 2019

Kvitova missed Roland Garros and all the of the grass-court tournaments before Wimbledon because of the injury. She elected to play Wimbledon and reached the fourth round, but the injury was never really perfectly healed.Kvitova joins Muguruza, who also had to pull out of San Jose with an arm injury.The withdrawals mean that Serena Williams will get bumped up to No.8 seed and Venus Williams will be entered in the main draw.

The domino effect at the @rogerscup– Petra Kvitova withdraws due to forearm injury– Serena Williams bumped to the 8th seed– Venus Williams into the main draw– Svetlana Kuznetsova given now vacant wildcardTotal of 34 singles Grand Slams between the above players FYI. pic.twitter.com/rIPCHynOm5
— Mike McIntyre (@protennisfan) August 2, 2019