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Serena Williams withdraws from Charleston event

Serena Williams withdraws from Charleston event
Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Family Circle Cup because of the left knee injury that has sidelined her since she won the Australian Open. The green clay tournament begins this weekend and will be played without three of the world’s top 30 women’s tennis players. Top-ranked Williams, 2009 champion Sabine Lisicki, and three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova also pulled out…

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Serena, Sharapova pull out of Charleston event

Serena, Sharapova pull out of Charleston event
Serena Williams has withdrawn from the WTA Tour green clay tournament in Charleston next week, along with Russian Maria Sharapova and defending champion Sabine Lisicki, organizers said.

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Sania’s fight with Venus in Charleston

India’s top tennis star Sania Mirza booked a second round fight with second seeded Venus Williams on Tuesday with the straight sets conquest at WTA occasion in Charleston at South Carolina.

Sania Mirza defeat Sesil Karatantcheva of Kazakhstan 6-4 6-4 to line up the marquee meeting with Williams, who will be beginning her movement on Wednesday afternoon after enjoying a first round bye.

The top ranked Russian Elena Dementieva, who rose to a career high ranking of number three in the world last week, reached in the third round with a overriding 6-0 6-2 triumph over American Julie Ditty.

Dementieva said, “I don’t feel any kind of pressure being the number one seed here”. Tonight’s start was excellent to the tournament for me. I had never played Julie before so I in fact didn’t want her to find into the match. It’s simple to misplace your attention. I really remained focused tonight.”

Third seeded Vera Zvonareva and number four Nadia Petrova, both of Russia, also qualified for the third round, as did sixth seeded Marion Bartoli of France and seventh seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova.

Zvonareva cruised past Paraguay’s Rossana de los Rios 6-3 6-2.

Said Zvonareva “I felt very good for my first match of the year on clay, a finalist here last year. I didn’t wait for myself to play my best, and it was a bit of a struggle at times because of the wind, but it was pretty good.”

Fourth seeded Petrova punch Austrian Patricia Mayr 6-1 2-6 6-2, Bartoli beaten Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 6-1 6-3 and Cibulkova crushed Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-4 6-0.