Illness Forces Ferrero to Withdraw
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Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, the 2003 French Open champion and U.S. Open runner-up, withdrew Thursday from the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden after being diagnosed with chickenpox.
Ferrero, the second-seeded player, will be replaced in the draw by Jeff Salzenstein, who will face wild-card entrant Alex Bogomolov Jr. in the first round.
“I found out yesterday that I had the chickenpox,” Ferrero said in a statement. “Sometimes things happen and you can’t do anything about it.”
Ferrero lost to Brian Vahaly in the second round of last year’s tournament.
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