Barbora Krejcikova picks up injury scare ahead of Wimbledon title defence
Czech player Krejcikova initially felt the issue on Wednesday during her second-round victory over Britain's Jodie Burrage.
The injury worsened overnight and, with her opening match at Wimbledon scheduled for Tuesday, the 29-year-old is awaiting the outcome of a scan.
Unfortunately @BKrejcikova has withdrawn from the #LexusEastbourneOpen quarter-finals
We hope you're back on court very soon, Barbora pic.twitter.com/CN23TBDfLH
— LTA (@the_LTA) June 26, 2025
'I'm very sorry to have to withdraw from my quarter-final today in Eastbourne as I'm having some soreness in my right thigh,' said Krejcikova.
'Overnight it just didn't get any better; it actually got worse. I think it's better with Wimbledon in the next couple of days just to rest it and to see what's going on and to resolve that.'
Krejcikova played two gruelling, three-set singles matches on the south coast.
Having saved two match points en route to defeating British number four Harriet Dart in two hours and 40 minutes in round one, the second seed saved three more in her tie-break triumph over Burrage, which lasted two hours and 24 minutes.
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