Dramatic Quarter-Finals at Bad Homburg: Injuries and Upsets Shake the Tournament

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki had to retire from her quarter-final match against Emma Navarro at the Bad Homburg Open due to a knee injury. She had taken the opening set but withdrew with Wimbledon in sight. Paula Badosa also exited, defeated by Russian Diana Shnaider.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki had to retire from her quarter-final match at the Bad Homburg Open on Thursday due to a knee injury while Paula Badosa was knocked out. Danish wildcard Wozniacki was facing third-seeded American Emma Navarro and had taken the opening set in which she fell and seemed to hurt her knee.

The 33-year-old former Australian Open champion was losing 4-6 6-1 1-0 when she retired, with one eye on Wimbledon, which starts on Monday, where she also has a wildcard. Spain's former world number two Badosa, also a wildcard, struggled with double faults and Russian Diana Shnaider's superior second serve in the second set as she lost 6-3 7-6(3).

Shnaider will face Navarro in the semi-finals. Croatia's Donna Vekic is also in the last four after receiving a walkover when Czech defending champion Katerina Siniakova pulled out due to a hip injury.

Vekic will face Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova or Russia's Anna Blinkova, who were playing later on Thursday, in the semis.

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