LOS ANGELES: Second seed Serena Williams withdrew from the US$600,000 (RM1.96 million) WTA hardcourt tournament on Tuesday with a left knee injury, hoping to be fit in time for the Beijing Olympics. The World No 5 was the lastest injury casualty for the tournament, which had already lost her elder sister Venus, Lindsay Davenport and Svetlana Kuznetsova. "It's a huge disappointment for me to be unable to play the East West Bank Classic in my hometown of LA," said Serena, who had a first-round bye and was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Melanie South of Britain. "I've been getting intensive therapy and doing everything in my power to get my knee in shape for this week, waiting until the last possible moment to see if I could play," she added. "Unfortunately after hitting this (Tuesday) morning, I knew that wasn't going to...
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