Blame it on a calf injury for Elena Dementieva. The Russian told reporters after her forfeit of the semifinals that she has been suffering from a calf injury since the second round.
Today, it finally gave out on her.
“It’s very painful to even walk,” she said. “I got it after my second match and I aggravated it. Today it was just a sharp pain. It was a bit too much. I couldn’t really move on the court.”
Dementieva also said she might have to miss Wimbledon. She has withdrawn from Eastborne.
Nadia Petrova will be very, very pissed!