Li retires, Jankovic withdraws in Paris
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02/07/2012 - Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French Open champion Li Na retired from her first-round match Tuesday at the Open GDF Suez, while fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic withdrew from the tournament, citing a left thigh strain.
Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova was beating the third-seeded Li 7-6 (7-5), 3-2 when the Chinese star quit due to a sore back.
The former world No. 1 and former U.S. Open runner-up Jankovic, of Serbia, was also forced to pull out of her Fed Cup match Sunday in Belgium because of the leg injury.
Additional opening-round wins in Paris came for Czech Petra Cetkovska and Germans Angelique Kerber and qualifier Mona Barthel, who captured her first- ever WTA title in Hobart last month. Barthel bested Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday.
The top seeds in Paris are Australian Open runner-up Maria Sharapova and former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli.
The winner of this $637,000 event will pocket $107,000.
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