LAURA ROBSON’S miserable French Open was complete yesterday when she pulled out of the women’s doubles because of back pain.
The 19-year-old won only five games on Monday in her first-round singles match against former world number one Caroline Wozniacki but had been due to compete in the doubles with American Lisa Raymond.
The pair reached the final of the WTA event in Miami in March, but Robson was advised by a doctor not to play on at Roland Garros after experiencing lower back pain.
Raymond had played women’s doubles in every slam since the French Open in 1995.
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