The women's draw for the Australian Open tennis tournament is marred by injury with more than a quarter of the top 25 ruled out or carrying injuries into the year's first grand slam
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki joined the long list of injured players when she strained her left wrist in her quarter-final defeat at the Sydney International late on Wednesday.
While a scan has cleared the Dane of major damage, she is racing against time to prove her fitness before the tournament starts on Monday.
Injuries have already robbed the tournament of two major drawcards in seven-times grand slam champion Venus Williams (illness) and German world number 10 Andrea Petkovic (back).
Several other headliners, including Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams, go into the tournament with injury concerns.
