World number one Ashleigh Barty will not compete at the Dubai Championships next week because of a leg injury, she said in a statement on Monday.
“Unfortunately I have withdrawn from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a left leg injury,” she said in a statement published by the WTA.
“I look forward to competing again in Miami in a few weeks’ time.”
Barty, who also dropped out of the Qatar Open currently underway in Doha, is the reigning champion at Miami.
Unseeded American Danielle Collins sent an out-of-sorts Barty crashing out of the Adelaide International in the second round last month.
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