'Pain too severe': Ash Barty retires from Italian open with arm injury

Barty withdrew while leading Coco Gauff 6-4, 2-1 in quarter-final Injury casts cloud over Australian world No 1's French Open bid Ash Barty retired during her Italian Open quarter-final clash in Rome with Coco Gauff due to an arm injury that has cast a cloud over her bid to regain her French Open crown. The Australian world No 1 withdrew on Friday while leading the US teenage star 6-4, 2-1, but said she had to listen to her body as the pain in her right arm from a recurring injury grew worse on ...