Azarenka pulls out of Open doubles

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OUT COLD: Medical workers put Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in a wheelchair after she collapsed on the court while playing Gisela Dulko.

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A day after Victoria Azarenka collapsed on court during a singles match at the US Open, she and partner Dinara Safina pulled out of women's doubles.

Azarenka and Safina originally were scheduled to face the ninth-seeded pair of Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova in the first round of doubles today.

But the tournament said that Black and Rodionova instead would play Alberta Brianti and Urszula Radwanska.

Yesterday, the 21-year-old Azarenka, seeded 10th in singles, stopped playing in the first set of her second-round match when she staggered and fell down.

She was taken away in a wheelchair, then went to a hospital for tests, which showed she had a mild concussion.

Azarenka said she had banged her head in a fall at the gym before the match.

- AP