Elena Dementieva skip the main grass tournament due to injury she retired with a torn calf muscle after losing the first set of her semi finals against Schiavone at the recent Roland Garros.
Recall that the damage to the Russian citizen Elena Dementieva received a second round match against Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues. The closest contest in which Dementieva can take part in an American tournament at Stanford.
In French Open Elena reached the semifinals, where in a hard struggle gave the first set of the future champion of Italian Francesca Schiavone - 6:7 (3:7). After this 28-year-old native of Moscow has decided to abandon the struggle.
As for Wimbledon, it shall be triumphant Olympic Beijing in recent years played very well. In 2008 and 2009 she reached the semifinals in London, each time giving one of the Williams sisters. In both cases, the offender Dementieva in the decisive match won its close cousin, and won the main trophy.