Marino Loses In Final From Injury

Written by: Staff on 20th February 2011

Marino Loses In Final From Injury |

Magdalena Rybarikova won her second career WTA title Saturday night after sixth-seeded Canadian Rebecca Marino of Vancouver retired in the final at the $220,000 Cellular South Cup tennis event in Memphis, Tenn.

Rybarikova had won the first set, 6-2, in a little under half an hour. Marino was reduced to tears when she withdrew before the second set began because of a left abdominal injury. Before the event Dave “Koz” Kozlowski host of Inside Tennis With The Koz, one of the Tennis Channel original series, now airing on IndieTennis.com, had a chance to talk with Rebecca Marino: