Wimbledon: Hingis blames injury for defeat

Top seed Martina Hingis claimed tendonitis in her back had affected her performance after she was knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round by world number 83 Virginia Ruano Pascual.

Top seed Martina Hingis claimed tendonitis in her back had affected her performance after she was knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round by world number 83 Virginia Ruano Pascual.

Hingis lost 6-4 6-2 to the Spaniard to crash out of the competition at the first hurdle for the second time in three years.

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