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Kournikova still hurting Russian pulls out of Hamburg, Berlin with injury
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) -- Anna Kournikova has delayed her comeback from injury by pulling out of forthcoming tournaments in Germany. Organizers said the 19-year-old Russian would miss next week's WTA tournament in Hamburg and the German Open the following week in Berlin. Kournikova, who has been sidelined since February with a stress fracture in her left foot, was expected to return to competitive tennis in the Hamburg event starting on Tuesday. But tournament director Walter Knapper said she had decided not to come because she had not fully recovered. "We regret that Anna will not be coming but we still have a top-class field, with players like Venus Williams," he said. German Open director Eberhard Wensky said he had been informed that Kournikova would not play in the Berlin tournament starting on May 7. "It's a pity because she's always an attraction," he said.
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