Injured Li Na, Jankovic pull out of Paris Open

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Reuters: French Open champion Li Na retired injured from her first-round match against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova at the Paris Open on Tuesday.

China’s Li, the world number nine, threw in the towel when she was 7-6 3-2 down. The third seed had called on the trainer earlier to treat back pain.

Also on Tuesday, former world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia pulled out with a thigh strain.

The world number 13, seeded fourth in Paris, picked up the injury in a Fed Cup tie against Belgium last weekend.

“I am really disappointed not to play here,” she told a news conference. “I don’t know when I will be able to resume playing but I don’t regret having played in the Fed Cup.”

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