MADRID(AP) Ana Ivanovic has withdrawn from the Madrid Open because of a knee injury, yet expects to be fit in time to defend her French Open title.
The seventh-ranked Serb is struggling with an inflammation in her right knee. Doctors have ordered her not to play for a week.
Ivanovic says in a statement Friday that the knee has bothered her since a Fed Cup match last month. She says ``it's become more painful with each match, so I decided to go and see a specialist in Munich.''
Ivanovic says there is ``no danger'' of her missing the French Open, which begins May 24.