Caroline Wozniacki will miss Fed Cup tie due to ankle injury
Friday 8 April 2016 16:08, UK
Former world tennis No 1 Caroline Wozniacki used Twitter to tell fans she will missing out on the Fed Cup and this month's Istanbul Cup after suffering an ankle injury in training.
The 25-year-old Dane, who has dropped to 24th in the world rankings, confirmed news of her latest setback via social media when she tweeted her fans on Friday: "Rolled my ankle during practice today, very sad to miss out on Fed Cup and Istanbul, but I'll be back soon. Thanks for the love!"
Wozniacki, who disappointed at Indian Wells and the Miami Open, was due to represent her country in the Fed Cup Group II seven team, round-robin event, scheduled for next weekend in Cairo.
As well as the tie in Egypt, scheduled for April 13-16, she will also miss the upcoming 2016 Istanbul Cup the following week.
After winning the outdoor hard court WTA competition in Turkey back in 2014, Denmark will be disappointed that Wozniacki, their number one ranked player, will not be able to feature.
Wozniacki suffered a disappointing North American swing having lost to Shuai Zhang at Indian Wells in the second round and followed that up with a third round exit in Miami.
The Dane lost in three sets in California against Zhang, currently ranked 69th, having taken the first set and despite going one round further in Florida it was another surprise exit.
Having beaten American Vania King at the Miami Open, Wozniacki went on to lose to world No 16 Evina Svitolina.
Wozniacki has had three opening-round exits this season, including at the Australian Open, and five of her seven defeats have come against players ranked outside the world's top 50.
She was the most prominent player to crash out in the first round in Melbourne against Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva - having been seeded 16th for the first Grand Slam of the year.
Wozniacki has recently begun to work with David Kotyza, the former coach of Petra Kvitova and they will be working together in Monte Carlo providing Wozniacki overcomes her injury problems.
