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Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open owed to an wounded she sustained astatine the ASB Classic successful New Zealand, tourney organizers announced via Twitter on Saturday.
The American was awarded a main-draw chaotic paper for what would person been her 22nd quality astatine the Australian Open, 25 years aft her tourney debut successful 1998.
Williams’ withdrawal comes conscionable days aft she won her archetypal tour-level singles lucifer successful a twelvemonth and a half, defeating chap American Katie Volynets 7-6 (4) 6-2 successful the opening circular of the ASB Classic successful Auckland, New Zealand.
The 42-year-old past mislaid to China’s Zhu Lin 3-6 6-2 7-5 successful the adjacent circular of the tournament.
She is simply a two-time finalist astatine the Australian Open – successful 2003 and 2017 and mislaid to her sister, Serena, connected some occasions.
Now ranked extracurricular the apical 1000, Williams has won 7 expansive slams since her nonrecreational debut successful 1994 and has go the satellite No. 1 successful some singles and doubles.
Men’s satellite No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz volition besides miss the Australian Open, owed to a limb injury, helium said connected Friday.
The tourney would person been the 19-year-old’s archetypal expansive slam since winning the 2022 US Open successful September and becoming the youngest satellite No. 1 successful the past of men’s tennis.
Meanwhile, determination are question marks implicit the fittingness of women’s satellite No. 1 Iga Swiatek aft she withdrew from the Adelaide International 2 tourney connected Saturday owed to a close enarthrosis injury.
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