Injury pulls Sharapova out of season opening tournament

[Folami David]

Maria Sharapova's preparations for the Australian Open suffered a set-back when she was forced to pull out of the season opening tournament in Brisbane Tuesday with a right collarbone injury.
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The World No 2 was expected to play Australian wildcard Jarmila Gajdosova in the second round, but said she had ''ran out of time'' in her battle to recover from the problem.
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'' I have a bit of imflammation in my collarbone '', she told the official tournament website.
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The 25 year old Russian said she had sent scans to her medical doctor in New York to assess the injury, which forced her out of an exhibition tournament in South Korea last week.
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'' He told me I couldn't really do much overhead training for about a week '' revealed Sharapova