Summary Top-seeded American Madison Keys withdrew from the WTA tournament in Quebec on Wednesday.
QUEBEC CITY (AFP) - Top-seeded American Madison Keys withdrew from the WTA tournament in Quebec on Wednesday with a left wrist injury and was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Nadia Kichenok, organizers said.
Tournament director Jacques Herisset said the 19th-ranked Keys scheduled first-round match against Anna Tatishvili had already been scheduled as late as possible -- on Wednesday evening -- but she told organizers in the morning that she would be unable to play.
Keys said on her Facebook page that she was "really disappointed," adding that she had hurt her wrist in practice in recent days.
Keys, owner of one WTA title, was coming off a fourth-round loss to Serena Williams at the US Open.
The tournament has already seen several seeded players eliminated in the first round, including third-seeded German Mona Barthel and sixth-seeded compatriot Tatjana Maria and eighth-seeded Belgian An-Sophie Mestach.
