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| Dates: 28 May-11 June Venue: Roland Garros, Paris |
| Coverage: Live text and radio commentaries of selected matches across BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and app |
Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina pulled out of the French Open shortly before her third-round match because of illness.
One of the favourites for the title at Roland Garros, the 23-year-old Kazakh was set to play Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo at 10:45 BST on Saturday.
"I was not sleeping well two days. I had fever, headache," she said.
"It's difficult to perform, to run and even breathe. So I think that was the only right decision I could make."
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