Mary Pierce withdraws from Olympic tennis event with injury, replaced by Pauline Parmentier

Two-time Grand Slam champion Mary Pierce withdrew Monday from the Olympic tennis tournament because of injury. The 33-year-old Pierce has not played since undergoing knee surgery in 2006 and was a surprise selection over Amelie Mauresmo for France in the singles. Mauresmo was initially named as Pierce's Beijing replacement, but the International Tennis Federation said later Monday that the former top-ranked player would not participate and that Pauline Parmentier would take the spot instead. Mauresmo had previously announced she would skip the doubles competition to focus on the U.S. Open. Robin Haase and Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands also withdrew through injury, and will be replaced by Jurgen Melzer of Austria and Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine... [read full story]