Elisabetta Cocciaretto calls it quits in Bad Homburg

Elisabetta Cocciaretto is called out

Elisabetta Cocciaretto è withdrew from the Bad Homburg tournament before she even started it. The Marche-based tennis player has decided not to participate in the WTA 500 on grass because of a physical problem.

Cocciaretto was to face in the first round Greek Maria Sakkari, the No. 1 seed and the only Top 10 on the draw. Elisabetta Cocciaretto’s path to the WTA 250 in Birmingham had stopped on the nicest of terms. The Italian, in fact, also conditioned by a discomfort in her left thigh, è surrendered to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva, number 41 in the WTA ranking, who won with a double 6-2 after almost an hour and a half of play.

The Hellenic will now face German Jule Niemeier, a lucky loser, who on Saturday è was defeated by French Parry, and number 96 in the ranking.