Re: 2011年霍普曼盃參賽組合 - 網球 Tennis

小威宣布退出明年澳網
澳網後排名將跌出前十
http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-australianopen-serenaout
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian
Open because of a foot injury after winning the Grand Slam event the last two
years.

Tournament director Craig Tiley released a statement Thursday saying Williams
had withdrawn from the Hopman Cup international mixed teams competition in
Perth and the Australian Open in January.

Williams had surgery after cutting her foot on broken glass at a restaurant
following her title win at Wimbledon. She returned to practice in September
but twice put off her comeback.

She said she had more surgery last month and couldn’t risk returning before
the injury had properly healed.

“As I recently learned, pushing myself back into my intense training too
early only caused me further injury and damage,” Williams was quoted as
saying. “While I desperately want to be back on the court and competing in
the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, it is imperative for my health
that I continue to work with my doctors to ensure my foot heals properly.

“This decision, though heavy on my heart, is the right one.”

Williams has won the Australian Open five times.

“Serena is a great champion and we will miss her in January,” Tiley said.




※ 引述《tim2502 (踢馬)》之銘言：
: ※ 引述《tim2502 (踢馬)》之銘言：
: : http://hopmancup.com/?id=103&NewsId=356
: : 昨天公佈了最後一隻隊伍
: : 是英國的Andy Murray & Laura Robson
: : 所以最後的八支隊伍是
: : USA - Serena Williams and John Isner
: : Belgium – Justine Henin and Steve Darcis
: : Serbia – Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic
: : France – Kristina Mladenovic and Gael Monfils
: : Kazakhstan – Yaroslava Shvedova and Andrey Golubev
: : Italy – Francesca Schiavone and Potito Starace
: : Australia – Alicia Molik and Lleyton Hewitt
: : Great Britain – Laura Robson and Andy Murray
: : 籤表下禮拜一(18號)會出爐
: : 明年1/1-1/8在Perth開打
: 小威退出霍普曼盃
: Serena Williams pulls out of Hopman Cup
: http://tinyurl.com/23ef9rn
: Williams has been struggling with a foot injury since mysteriously cutting
: her foot in Munich back in July, which eventually required her to have
: surgery to repair a damaged tendon.
: She was pictured only last week arriving at an NFL game in Miami on
: crutches, and with her right foot in significant plaster.
: Sportsnewsfirst.com.au understands Williams has told organisers she will not
: be attending the mixed team event because of injury, and they are now
: scrambling to find a replacement.
: And it will also put some doubt over Williams' appearance at the Australian
: Open just days later.
: It is the third time Williams has withdrawn from the Perth indoor event, with
: knee surgery ruling her out of the 2003/2004 event and a hamstring forcing
: her to pull out of the 2008/2009 version.
: This time, it is the cuts she sustained when exiting a restaurant in Munich
: in the middle of the year, which have never fully been explained.
: Williams initially received 18 stitches, but was then required to undergo
: more surgery to repair a tendon.
: After withdrawing from the US Open, she returned to practice in September,
: but then put off her comeback by pulling out of tournaments in Tokyo, Beijing
: and Linz, Austria.
: On October 10, in a posting on her official website, Serena said she
: "re-strained" her foot by overtraining and "likely" would be out of the year.
: "Pushed by my desire to return to competition, I trained too hard too soon
: and re-tore the tendon in my foot," Williams said.
: "As a result, yesterday morning I had to have another procedure to repair it."
: Williams had been set to begin her 2011 season by playing a part in the best
: ever field assembled for the Hopman Cup alongside Justine Henin, Andy Murray,
: Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, Gael Monfils and Lleyton Hewitt.
: It is unclear whether the US will withdraw from the event altogether, or a
: replacement will be found for Williams in the American team.
: An announcement is due from organisers on Tuesday.
: 小威宣布退出霍普曼盃
: 這是小威第三次放Perth的觀眾鴿子了
: 04年都因膝傷退賽 09年因小腿受傷退賽
: 在10月初原訂在Linz作為他腳傷後的復出之旅
: 但是在上飛機前的最後練習中 因為訓練過度
: 所以右腳又拉傷了
: 復原的速度不如預期所以趕不上霍普曼盃
: 甚至是澳網是否能參賽也存疑
: 小威上禮拜在Miami看熱火和太陽隊的比賽時
: 右腳還有很大塊的石膏 http://tinyurl.com/24se8bw
: 不確定美國隊會和小威一起退出
: 還是有其他選手遞補小威的位置
: 這幾天應該就有答案了

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