Does anyone know why Elena Baltacha seems to keep retiring from matches?

Question

it seems more often than usual. is she chronically injured?

Answer 1

She has only retired twice this year. That is not that many times. Ana Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Lucie Safarova have all withdrew from a match during a tournament. Elena Dementieva, Marion Bartoli, Daniela Hantuchova, Victoria Azarenka, Dominika Cibulkova, Sania Mirza, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Vera Zvonareva, Lindsay Davenport, Eleni Daniilidou all withdrew and retired during a tournament. Nadia Petrova was retired twice this year. Gisela Dulko has retired twice and withdrew once this year. These are all players in the top 50.