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Serena Williams heartbroken at Wimbledon injury
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Serena out of Wuhan, Beijing


Serena has announced that she will skip the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open and the China Open to recover from an ongoing shoulder injury.

“I am disappointed that I will not be able to compete at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open or the China Open due to continuing issues with my right shoulder,” Serena said in a statement. “I have been practising and playing but my shoulder is still not fit for tournament play.

“I am focused on getting ready to compete at the WTA Finals in Singapore.”

Williams has played just eight tournaments this season, winning two titles in Rome and at Wimbledon and finishing runner-up at the Australian Open (l. to Angelique Kerber), at Indian Wells (l. to Victoria Azarenka) and Roland Garros (l. to Garbine Muguruza).

Williams, whose three-year reign at the top of the rankings came to an end after her defeat to Karolina Pliskova in the US Open semi-finals, had no ranking points to defend for the rest of 2016.

However, she remains hopeful that she will be fit for the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore on October 23. The five-time champion missed the event in 2015 after cutting her season short to heal – physically and mentally – after missing out on a calendar-year Grand Slam at last year’s US Open.

New world No.1 Kerber is the top seed at next week’s Wuhan Open, while Muguruza is the defending champion in Beijing.


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