Serena Williams Pulls Out of Semi Following Knee Injury
24/07/08 18:24 Filed in: Sports Betting
After injuring her left knee and attempting to play through the strain, Serena Williams has decided to pull out of the Bank of the West Classic semifinals. Her decision was reached on Saturday which makes Williams the third singles player from the American woman’s Olympic tennis team to sustain a knee injury.
During her match against Aleksandra Wozniak, Williams was forced to retire after trailing desperately behind. Despite determination to play out the rest of the match with a heavily taped knee it would appear that the pain was too much for the determined player to bear. After stretching for a backhand at the beginning of the second and further provoking the injury Williams had to walk off court and forfeit the rest of the game. Wozniak is currently ranked 85th and will play in this Sunday’s final against the winner of a match between Ai Sugiyami and Marion Bartoli.
Now with Serena Williams out for recovery she joins two other Olympic contenders with knee injuries; sister Venus and fellow professional singles contestant Lindsay Davenport. The debilitation stems from a 2003 surgery which forced Serena out of ten tournaments and later forced her back into the hospital in 2006. Hopefully the players’ injuries will be sufficiently improved to allow their showing for the US Olympic team in the Beijing games.
During her match against Aleksandra Wozniak, Williams was forced to retire after trailing desperately behind. Despite determination to play out the rest of the match with a heavily taped knee it would appear that the pain was too much for the determined player to bear. After stretching for a backhand at the beginning of the second and further provoking the injury Williams had to walk off court and forfeit the rest of the game. Wozniak is currently ranked 85th and will play in this Sunday’s final against the winner of a match between Ai Sugiyami and Marion Bartoli.
Now with Serena Williams out for recovery she joins two other Olympic contenders with knee injuries; sister Venus and fellow professional singles contestant Lindsay Davenport. The debilitation stems from a 2003 surgery which forced Serena out of ten tournaments and later forced her back into the hospital in 2006. Hopefully the players’ injuries will be sufficiently improved to allow their showing for the US Olympic team in the Beijing games.
