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Serena conqueror's doubles partner fumes after pull-out
Serena conqueror's doubles partner fumes after pull-out / Photo: Glyn KIRK - AFP

Serena conqueror's doubles partner fumes after pull-out

Harmony Tan pulled out of the Wimbledon doubles tournament on Wednesday, just hours after she had stunned Serena Williams, leaving her partner "sad, disappointed and angry".

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French player Tan was scheduled to play women's doubles with Tamara Korpatsch but withdrew with a thigh injury.

"She just texted me this morning," Germany's Korpatsch wrote on Instagram. "Let me wait here 1 hour before the match started. I'm very sad, disappointed and also very angry that I can't play my 1st Doubles Grand Slam.

"It's really not fair. She asked me before the tournament if we wanna play doubles and I said yes. I didn't ask her, she asked me.

"If you're broken after a 3h match the day before, you can't play professional. That's my opinion."

Tan needed three hours and 11 minutes to knock out seven-time champion Williams in the first round of the singles in a tie that finished just after 10:30 pm London time on Tuesday.

Y.Shaath--SF-PST