World number one Serena Williams suffered an early season injury setback as she withdrew from her opening Hopman Cup tie with inflammation in her knee.
Williams, 34, was scheduled to play Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the women’s singles on Monday morning in Perth, Australia, but she pulled out just minutes before the start.
The match at the mixed-teams tournament was to launch Williams’ preparation for her title defence at the Australian Open in Melbourne later this month.
Williams, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, sat out the tail-end of last season saying she needed “time to heal” after narrowly missing out …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
