Vera Zvonareva's sidelined for Australia Open
TWO-TIME Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonareva has ruled herself out of next month’s Australian Open because of a right shoulder injury.
The 28-year-old Russian, left, missed this year’s French Open with the same injury and September’s US Open with a viral illness.
My body is not 100 per cent recovered yet and I want to start when I know I can play the rest of the year
The former world No2 told fans: “My body is not 100 per cent recovered yet and I want to start when I know I can play the rest of the year.”