Eastbourne: Petra Kvitova withdraws from Agnieszka Radwanska match with injury

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Third seed Petra Kvitova withdrew from Eastbourne before her third-round match against Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska because of a hamstring injury.

The Czech had her right thigh strapped during her second-round win over Kateryna Bondarenko on Tuesday.

Kvitova, ranked eighth in the world, said she felt the injury during her title win in Birmingham.

“With Wimbledon around the corner I couldn’t take the risk of making it worse by playing,” Kvitova, 28, said.

“Although I played with tape in my match yesterday, when I woke up this morning it felt worse.”

Kvitova has won Wimbledon – which begins on 2 July – twice and has claimed a tour-leading five WTA titles this year.