Emma Raducanu criticised the “slippery” courts at the ASB Classic in Auckland after retiring from her second-round match with an ankle injury.
The Briton left the court in tears after rolling her ankle during the second set against Slovakia’s Viktoria Kuzmova, with the score 6-0 5-7.
It is just 11 days before the Australian Open begins in Melbourne.
“The courts are incredibly slick, so to be honest it’s not a surprise that this happened to someone,” said Raducanu.