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Hip injury casts AO doubt over Wimbledon champ

Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has injury concerns ahead of the Australian Open. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova is in doubt for the Australian Open after withdrawing from the Adelaide International with a right hip injury.

The world No.7, who last year became the All England Club's first unseeded ladies' singles champion in the Open Era, withdrew just hours before her scheduled first-round clash with Russian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Tuesday night.

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