No 4 seed suddenly withdraws from U S Open just hours before game

Elena rakina the number four seed has unexpectedly withdrawn from the US Open because of an injury granting Jessica Ponch it a pass into the third round scheduled to headline on court 17 later in the day the last minute withdrawal thrust the French qualifier forward without competition it's been a trying year for Ry bakina who has faced persistent injury troubles withdrawing from prominent tennis tournaments such as Indian Wells and the Rome Masters the 25-year-old Pro also made headlines with her recent split from coach Stefano vukov and delivered a notably brief interview post her initial round in New York the official announcement of her exit from the US Open came just in time near hours before rakina and ponit were slated to appear on the court she said unfortunately I have to withdraw from my match today due to my injuries I did not want to finish the last grand slam of the Year this way but I have to listen to my body and I hope I can close out the remainder of the year strong thank you to all the fans who have and continue to support me and I wish the remaining players good luck after walking away from her coach vov rakina offered only Kurt responses during a press meet following her first match against Destiny aava speaking less than 100 words in under 2 minutes commenting on her Victory she turly responded thank you yeah really happy with the win and looking forward for the next match of course rakina on on being probed about her split from coach vov said well of course it is different we worked for 5 years but still I got support from Yuri shuken and same we talked about the tactic and everything so I was prepared for the match when asked about parting ways with bov before the US Open she disclosed well I don't want to talk about it too much but yeah that was our decision to split her patience wearing thin from the persistent questioning rakina added I will let you know guys if my Coach situation is going to change so this comes after a tense moment at the French Open where she had previously dismissed inquiries stating simple questions simple answers following her next match rakina was notably exempt from media obligations Babas news

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