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Dominika Cibulkova withdraws from Olympic tennis

Dominika Cibulkova

MONTREAL, ON - JULY 27: Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia returns the ball against Eugenie Bouchard of Canada during day three of the Rogers Cup at Uniprix Stadium on July 27, 2016 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

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Dominika Cibulkova, the world’s 11th-ranked women’s singles player, will miss the Olympics due to a left leg injury, according to the Slovak Tennis Association.

She is the fifth player in the top WTA top 20 to pull out of Rio, joining No. 3 Simona Halep, No. 7 Victoria Azarenka, No. 16 Belinda Bencic and No. 17 Karolina Pliskova.

Cibulkova, 27, lost in the third round of the 2008 Olympic singles tournament and the first round in 2012. She reached the 2014 Australian Open final.

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