The 36-year-old 23-time Grand Slam champion, making a comeback after maternity leave, told a news conference she had a pectoral muscle injury.
Browsing: Maria Sharapova
The win helped her set up a heavyweight fourth-round showdown with Maria Sharapova
World number one Halep came through a tough three-set semi-final against Maria Sharapova on Saturday and was well off the pace, failing to coax even a single break point opportunity the entire match.
The 31-year-old Russian returned from a 15-month doping ban at the Stuttgart Grand Prix last April and Sharapova has since won one title, the Tianjin Open, after inconsistent performances and injury problems.
The June 18 to June 24 tournament is set to be the Russian’s first on grass since she reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2015.
The Japanese went all the way in last week’s BNP Paribas Open, defeating Maria Sharapova and world number one Simona Halep along the way, and she added Williams’ scalp in supreme style.
“After four successful and challenging years of collaboration together, I would like to thank Sven for his incredible loyalty, work ethic and most importantly the friendship that we have formed that will go beyond this working partnership,” Sharapova said in a statement.
Sharapova’s 2018 so far has been blighted by a third-round exit in the Australian Open to Angelique Kerber, and a first-round defeat in Doha to Monica Niculescu
The battle of the former champions ended 6-1 6-3 in Keber’s favour as the German progressed to the fourth round.
The 30-year-old former champion returned a positive doping test after a quarter-final defeat by Serena Williams in 2016, resulting in a 15-month ban from the sport.
Joyce was part of Sharapova’s team between 2004 and 2011, during which time she won the 2006 US Open, 2008 Australian pen and became world No. 1.
The probe involves a company which had used Sharapova to endorse the project that had never taken off.
The former world no. one, who returned from the 15-month ban in April, defeated Belarusian teenager, Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 7-6(8) in the final of the Tianjin Open on Sunday.
Sharapova, who returned to the tour in April following a 15-month doping ban, will meet teenaged Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who is ranked 102 and made her first WTA final.
Sharapova, ranked 148th, has withdrawn from US Open warm-up tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati the past two weeks after suffering a left forearm injury at Stanford
The former world No 1, now placed 149 in the rankings, continues to be troubled by an injury to her left forearm that she initially suffered at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford and which forced her withdrawal after winning her first-round encounter.
The tennis star issued a statement Thursday morning explaining that pain in her left forearm would force her to miss the WTA Tour’s only Canadian stop. Her decision comes a day after the arm injury forced the 30-year-old to withdraw from the Stanford Bank of the West Classic.
The 30-year-old five-time Grand Slam champion has not played since May 16 when she retired with a thigh problem from her second-round match at the Italian Open
After serving a suspension for a failed drugs test, Sharapova was unable to gain enough ranking points to gain entry into qualifying for the Major at Roland Garros
The tournament was Sharapova’s first taste of competitive action since the 2016 Australian Open, after which she was handed a 15-month ban following a positive test for meldonium