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Robredo pulls out of Auckland Open

Xinhua, January 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Spain's Tommy Robredo on Wednesday pulled out of the Auckland Open tournament citing a muscle strain.

Top seed David Ferrer, defending champion John Isner, French livewire Gael Monfils and now Robredo have all pulled out of the warm-up event for next week's Australian Open.

Robredo, who was seeded fifth, said he reluctantly withdrew after feeling an adductor muscle strain at the gym, adding he could not risk jeopardising his Australian Open campaign.

"I wouldn't be able to play good and the people would be disappointed, also it could make me worse for next week," he said. Endi