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The American Madison Keys announced on Saturday that they had withdrawn from Wimbledon due to an abdominal injury.
Key seeded on the 19th was scheduled to play her first round match on Monday.
"This isn't what I wanted to say a few days before @ Wimbledon, but unfortunately I have to withdraw because of her abdominal injury," Keys wrote on Twitter. "I'm very disappointed, but my health is paramount and my body needs time to get back to 100%. I love London fans. See you next year." { The 20}
key (27) was replaced by another American CoCo Vandeweghe in the field. Bandaway was unable to make a field in qualifying earlier this week.
Vandeweghe will face 17-seeded Elena Rybakina in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
Bandaway, 30, has been less successful since suffering a serious ankle injury in 2018, but has made two appearances in the Wimbledon quarterfinals (2015, 2017). Year).
– Field-level media
