• Boulter left name in draw, then pulled out next day
Katie Boulter sent a ripple of bemusement through Roland Garros on Friday without hitting a ball, when she revealed the day after leaving her name in the draw that she was withdrawing from the tournament to rest her injured back.
The British No 3 and world No 112 will collect about £20,000 – half the first-round prize money – even though she indicated nearly three weeks ago that the injury she exacerbated in helping Great Britain beat Kazakhstan in the Federation Cup in London last month was not healing quickly enough for her to be fit for the French Open.
Written by Kevin Mitchell at Roland Garros
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/24/katie-boulter-clumsy-belated-withdrawal-french-open under the title “Katie Boulter makes clumsy, belated withdrawal from French Open”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
