Bad news from Maria’s camp as the Russian Beauty retires from the Rome.
The news comes as a big surprise as Maria was playing a very good tournament to drop only 7 games in the first two matches.
From Maria
“I’ve a lot on my schedule and they all mean a lot for me and obviously with the French Open coming up it is important to make smart decisions,” said Sharapova.
“You could see it in my energy last night,” she said. “I was already a bit off in Madrid and played through it and it came back last night and I got sick again.”
“It’s not smart to again compete two or three rounds to win the tournament and with Paris starting next week.”
Sara Errani will take advantage of it go straight to the semifinal where she is going to face either Sam Stosur or Vika Azarenka.
Here Maria during a training in Rome
