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Venus Williams out of China Open with viral illness

/ 03:37 PM October 02, 2014

Venus Williams of the US serves the ball during the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

Venus Williams. AP FILE PHOTO

BEIJING — Venus Williams withdrew from the China Open with a viral illness on Thursday shortly before her third-round match against Petra Kvitova.

The match would have been a reprise of their third-round encounter at Wimbledon, which Kvitova won in three sets after being just two points from defeat in the second set. Kvitova then went on to win her second title at the All England Club.

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China Open organizers said Williams was suffering from a viral illness. Venus’ sister, Serena, also withdrew from a tournament last week in the central Chinese city of Wuhan citing a virus.

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Defending champion Serena plays Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic for a spot in the China Open quarterfinals later Thursday.

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