Venus Williams out of Australian Open following injury in Auckland | Inquirer Sports

Venus Williams out of Australian Open following injury in Auckland

/ 08:26 PM January 07, 2023

Aug 30, 2022; Flushing, NY, USA;  Venus Williams of the United States serves against Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium on day two of the 2022 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

FILE– Venus Williams of the United States during the 2022 U.S. Open tennis tournament. Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports

Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams pulled out of this month’s Australian Open due to injury, the organizers of the season’s first Grand Slam said on Saturday.

Williams was set to play her 22nd Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard to the Jan. 16-29 tournament.

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The 42-year-old American, twice a finalist at Melbourne Park who is now ranked outside the top 1,000, was preparing for the tournament at the Auckland Classic where she got injured.

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“Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to an injury sustained at the ASB Classic in New Zealand,” the Australian Open said in a tweet.

Williams crashed out of the U.S. Open in the first round with a loss to unseeded Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck and only returned to action in Auckland, where she downed compatriot Katie Volynets before losing to China’s Zhu Lin.

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Australia’s Kimberly Birrell was awarded her wildcard place.

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