Britain’s Katie Swan was compelled to retire from her maiden WTA semi-final in Chennai due to sickness.
Swan was trailing 3-0 to 3rd seed Magda Linette of Poland after 16 minutes of their match when she referred to as for a medical timeout.
After being assessed by medics, Swan was not nicely sufficient to renew.
The British quantity six had solely completed her quarter-final at 3am on Saturday – a match the place she additionally wanted a medical timeout.
“I really feel dangerous for Katie,” Linette mentioned afterwards. “She gave all the things yesterday and it appears like she has paid the worth immediately.”
The world quantity 67 will face Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova within the last after the 17-year-old defeated the 2020 French Open semi-finalist Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 5-7 6-2 6-4.
Nonetheless, Swan’s efficiency this week has already ensured that she’s going to transfer contained in the world’s prime 150 when the brand new WTA rankings are printed.
