Serena Williams Retires At Madrid With Knee Injury
By Ken Miller, Lawn Tennis Correspondent, Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 8:15pm CST USA
Photo by Javier Soriano/AFP
Madrid--(lawntennismag.com) Serena Williams of the USA Wednesday, playing with both knees taped dropped the first set 6-4 and took
an injury timeout before retiring due to pain in her left left knee.
"It's beyond unfortunate this has happened and I can't even stress how disappointed I am," Williams
said.
Williams lost the round robin match to Anna Chakvetadze of Russia but is still in the tournament due to its round robin format and
is scheduled to play rival and world number one Justine Henin of Belgium Thursday. After the match, Williams went to the hospital to
get an MRI on her swollen knee. The American had knee surgery in 2003, and also missed several events in 2006 because of knee
problems.
Williams will need to be in better form tomorrow than she displayed today where she appeared slow to move to balls and made more
errors than we normally see from her. Henin is playing some of her best tennis so it could be a fine match. Should Williams not be fit to
play, Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli will step in in her place as the Madrid tournament's alternate player.
ORDER OF PLAY
Revised
Thursday, November 8, 2007
From 18.00hrs
1. Kuznetsova vs. Sharapova
2. Henin vs. Bartoli* (NB 20.00hrs)
3. Jankovic vs. Chakvetadze
* Bartoli replaces S.Williams (left patella femoral inflammation)
RESULTS
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
ROUND ROBIN
Yellow Group
(1) Justine Henin (BEL) d. (3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 62 62
(7) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. (5) Serena Williams (USA) 64 ret. (left knee injury)
Red Group
(4) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 62 76(9)
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
ROUND ROBIN
Yellow Group
(1) Justine Henin (BEL) d. (7) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 61 76(4)
Red Group
(6) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 75
(4) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 46 75
