Mauresmo retires at Porsche Tennis final.

“I don’t know about the injury, we have to see the exams tomorrow”, 25-years-old Mauresmo said about the problems with her right upper leg. “I don’t know if I am going to play Moscow, we have to wait for the results tomorrow. I just felt a pain and I thought it could be helped with a bandage but I just could not continue the match”.

About the match she said: “It was a close match and I am very disappointed it had to end that way”. Mauresmo will keep her No.1 ranking after moving into the final, the gap however is a mere 15 points now that Lindsay Davenport won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final. That means if Mauresmo is still bothered by the injury and withdraws from Moscow she will lose her No.1 spot to Lindsay Davenport next week. If Mauresmo still plays, the one that advances just one round further hold or take over the top spot of the WTA Tour ranking.

Lindsay Davenport today won her 7th title this year being at the end of her career she is playing her best tennis since coming back from her foot surgery. She earlier announced her retirement during next years season, she didn’t reveal which tournament will be her last.

The match started off being very close and competitive but soon it showed that Amelie Mauresmo had trouble moving and she called the medic when they were 21 minutes into the match. Eight minutes later Amelie Mauresmo came back onto the court being treated and with a bandage on her right upper leg. Ten minutes later when Davenport had won the first set 6-2 Mauresmo said she could not continue the match and had to retire.

“I have never won a final in this manner”, Davenport said. “It would have been better if I had won the title by beating the No.1 in the world and not like this. It has been a tough week and to end it like this is just unfortunate.”

Moving on to the next stop in Moscow it's Davenport’s chance to reclaim the No.1 spot she had before. “It's a great feeling getting close to No.1 all I can do is compete at the highest level and hope to stay healthy, I just have to play my best tennis in the fall and maybe hold to No.1 rank till the end of the year. That would be great”, the 28-year-old from California said about being one of the best players of the world again.