Venus Williams withdraws from China Open BEIJING (AFP) – World number three Venus Williams has withdrawn from the China Open beginning this weekend with a knee injury, a WTA tour official said Friday.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將退出本周的中網 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. 三十歲的老將 七屆大滿貫冠軍 跟上妹妹Serena和現任美網冠軍Clijsters的腳步退賽 兩位都是因為腳傷退出 "Venus' reason for withdrawal was a left knee injury," tour spokeswoman Gina Clement told AFP by email. "Venus退賽的原因是因為左膝傷" WTA發言人Clement在信中轉告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 Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain has withdrawn due to a knee injury, state media reported. -- 你是花花世界裡肥胖版的花花蝴蝶 肥子們只是比較腫一點比較油一點 胖蝴蝶的體脂肪若是沒有三審定讞 那些路人甲們怎可猜腰圍惹人討厭 - 吉米威廉斯 《胖蝴蝶》 --

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