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Injured Wozniacki drops out of Strasbourg

Apr 1, 2017; Key Biscayne, FL, USA; Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark serves against Johanna Konta of Great Britain (not pictured) in the women's singles championship of the 2017 Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center. Konta won 6-4, 6-3. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters)

(Reuters) - Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki's preparation for next week's French Open suffered a huge blow after she retired injured from her opening-round match against American Shelby Rogers at Strasbourg International on Monday. Top-seed Wozniacki, who started the match with a 4-3 win-loss record on clay this year, failed to see off the first set as Rogers saved three set points to win 7-6. The Dane was trailing 0-1 in the second set when she called for a medical timeout, and later served a pair of double faults before deciding to withdraw. World number 55 Rogers, who reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year, will face China's Wang Qiang in the round of 16 on Tuesday. Wang defeated Risa Ozaki of Japan 6-4 3-6 6-3 in her opening round match on Sunday. (Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; editing by Mark Heinrich)