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Victoria Azarenka's Wimbledon Exit Over 'Bad Luck' Fall

Victoria Azarenka was forced to pull out of Wimbledon 2013, despite being second-seeded, after hurting her knee in the opening round.

The 23-year-old athlete was ranked World No. 2 on Monday, but early into her second match against Portugal's Maria Joao Koehler, Azarenka was reduced to tears over her right knee.

Nevertheless, the Belarusian player managed a victory, but noted concern over her knee injury.

Then, on Wednesday, Azarenka announced that she was leaving the tournament over a bone bruise.

"We tried to do everything possible, but it was just a very significant fall," she said, according to ESPN. "To recover in two days after that seems impossible with the compensation on the entire body by finishing that match."

The tennis pro cited her extreme displeasure with having to pull out of the prestigious match.

"It is very tough," she said, according to The Guardian. "I could not be any more disappointed. Wimbledon is just a tournament I was looking so forward to. I love playing here. To not be able to kind of play just because of something with such a bad luck is very, very frustrating. I couldn't be more disappointed."

The 2013 competition began on Monday, and big names have already been eliminated.

From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. all of this week, ESPN and ESPN 2 will be exclusively broadcasting the Wimbledon Championships. ESPN 3 will be live streaming all of the matches.

As for people without access to the cable sports network, ABC will be broadcasting Wimbledon highlights of the first week of competition on June 30, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Furthermore, the competition will be available online at WatchESPN.com as well as on the official Wimbledon website which will have live streaming radio of every match.

The competition will run through the first week of July.

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