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Injured Venus out of Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former world number one Venus Williams has been left to
dwell on yet another aborted grand slam title tilt after pulling out of next
week's Australian Open.
An Australian Open official told Reuters on Wednesday that Williams had
withdrawn from the first grand slam of 2007 because of a left wrist injury.
Williams, 26, reached the final of the Australian Open in 2003, losing to
younger sister Serena, but has not made it past the fourth round at Melbourne
Park since.
Venus, currently ranked 48 in the world, joins world number one Justine
Henin-Hardenne among the absentees from this year's event, starting on Monday.
Questions about her long-term future in the sport will again come to the fore
as the Open will be the second successive slam the American would have missed
after a wrist problem also prevented her from traveling to Flushing Meadows
last August.
With Venus also occupied with various off-court interests, the latest setback
could just turn out to be the catalyst which pushes her a step closer to
turning her back on the sport which has earned her over $16 million in prize
money.
Since winning the last of her five grand slam titles at
Wimbledon in July 2005, Williams has been plagued with a multitude of elbow
and wrist injuries.
She has struggled with her form and last season failed to win a title for the
first time since 1997.
POOR SLAMS
In the grand slams she did turn up, her performances were forgettable.
A first-round exit in Melbourne Park was followed by quarter-final and third
round defeats at Roland Garros and Wimbledon respectively.
Coupled with her injuries, her hunger to win titles also seems to have
dwindled because whereas she used to be distraught with her defeats before,
she now takes them in her stride.
After winning successive Wimbledon and
U.S. Open titles in 2000 and 2001, Williams went on to lose four successive
slam finals to Serena between 2002-03.
Irked at being upstaged by her younger sister, she could not contain her joy
when she finally ended her four-year grand slam drought at the All England
Club in 2005 with victory over Lindsay Davenport.
That may well turn out to be the last time the Venus would have had the
chance to hold aloft a winner's trophy.
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