OlympicTalk · May 27, 2015
Kerri Walsh Jennings injures shoulder, forfeits match
FUZHOU, CHINA - APRIL 25: Kerri Walsh of USA reacts during the match against Taliqua Clancy and Louise Bawden of Australia during the Fuzhou Open 2015 on April 25, 2015 in Fuzhou, China. (Photo by Kevin Lee/Getty Images)Three-time Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings suffered a right shoulder injury during a match on her opening day of the first FIVB World Tour Grand Slam of the season and, with partner April Ross, forfeited the match.
Walsh Jennings and Ross were leading a Brazilian pair 5-2 in the first set of their second match of the day “when Walsh Jennings was stretching for the ball and injured her right shoulder,” according to a press release.