Bartoli wants rest

Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli admitted she needs some time away from tennis after crashing out of the French Open in the first round.

The Frenchwoman, seeded ninth at Roland Garros, has endured a miserable 2008 season, failing to replicate the form that took her to the brink of a shock win at SW19 last July, when she lost to Venus Williams in the final.