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 | Azarenka declined to participate in the tournament in Dubai20-02-2013 |
World number two in the tennis Victoria Azarenka dropped out of the tournament in Dubai for the second consecutive year, highlighting for a reason pain in the right foot.
The Belarusian player who missed last year's edition due to an ankle injury, said she felt pain in the heel during the tournament in Doha, who won on Sunday.
"Unfortunately I have to opt out after injuring her right foot I got last week" - said the champion of the Australian Open.
"It was hard for me to take this decision and I am very disappointed, but had to drop out to avoid worsening my condition. The program of each player can be extremely difficult for the body" - continued Vika.
In the place of Azarenka in the scheme enters the "lucky loser" Carla Suarez Navarro, who will stand in the second round against the winner of the match between Dominika Cibulkova and Nadia Petrova.