Venus Williams withdraws from China Open BEIJING (AFP) – World number three Venus Williams has withdrawn from the China Open beginning this weekend with a knee injury, a WTA tour official said Friday. 世界第三Venus Williams将退出本周的中网 The 30-year-old Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, follows in the footsteps of her world number one sister Serena and reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters, who both had to pull out of the event due to foot injuries. 三十岁的老将 七届大满贯冠军 跟上妹妹Serena和现任美网冠军Clijsters的脚步退赛 两位都是因为脚伤退出 "Venus' reason for withdrawal was a left knee injury," tour spokeswoman Gina Clement told AFP by email. "Venus退赛的原因是因为左膝伤" WTA发言人Clement在信中转告AFP Sixteen of the top 20 female players in the world will be in Beijing. Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki -- who will battle Russia's Elena Dementieva in Saturday's final at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo -- is the top seed. A bevy of powerful Russians -- including world number four Vera Zvonareva, Dementieva, last year's winner Svetlana Kuznetsova and three-time Slam winner Maria Sharapova -- will all compete for the title in the Chinese capital. The China Open, a joint WTA-ATP event, gets under way in Beijing on Saturday with the women's main draw, and on Monday for the men. On the men's side, world number two Novak Djokovic of Serbia will defend his title. Britain's Andy Murray, Sweden's Robin Soderling and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko -- ranked fourth, fifth and sixth by the ATP -- are also in the draw. Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain has withdrawn due to a knee injury, state media reported. -- 你是花花世界里肥胖版的花花蝴蝶 肥子们只是比较肿一点比较油一点 胖蝴蝶的体脂肪若是没有三审定谳 那些路人甲们怎可猜腰围惹人讨厌 - 吉米威廉斯 《胖蝴蝶》 --

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