Elina Svitolina pulls out of Cincinnati Open with ankle injury

[p]China's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wang-xiyu/6XSnpS5h/"]Wang[/a] will advance to ‌the last 16 via a ‌walkover and face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keys-madison/QwU996PK/"]Madison Keys[/a].[/p][p][b]"Unfortunately I tried my best to ‌recover, but the injury ⁠I ‌sustained in Toronto and also pushed ​by the second round match, I didn’t recover ​as I wish I could to get ready for my ⁠next round[/b]," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]​Svitolina[/a] said in a statement.[/p][p]"[b]Have of course great memories of playing here and going deep ‌in the tournament. Had a great match here two nights ago. Very sad to pull out this round[/b]."[/p][embed guid="a7b6337b-f620-4289-a1ac-dbd1325595ce" url="https://x.com/CincyTennis/status/2089764283550716308" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Ukrainian took a medical timeout to address her right foot during the second set of ‌her second-round match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valentova-tereza/hWMZK1VQ/"]​Tereza Valentova[/a] on Sunday but ‌continued to win [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/valentova-t-hWMZK1VQ/?mid=2y8IX0Zp"]3-6, 7-6(5), 6-0[/a].[/p][p]Svitolina is next scheduled to play at the US Open, which begins later ⁠this month.[/p]