Serena Williams resigns from Cincinnati ahead of US Open

Serena Williams will arrive at the US Open (if she finally competes in New York) with hardly any competition filming, since this Tuesday she announced her withdrawal from the Western & Southern Open, the Cincinnati tournament, one of the last major tournaments before the New York Grand Slam, due to the leg injury he suffered during last Wimbledon.

The organization of the Cincinnati tournament shared the words of Serena Williams in which she justifies her resignation. “Unfortunately I will not play the Western & Southern Open next week as I am still recovering from my leg injury at Wimbledon. I will miss all of my Cincinnati fans who are eager to see me every summer. I am planning my return to the slopes very soon. “

The resignation of Serena Williams is not the only one announced by the Western & Southern Open in the last hours, since Nor will his sister Venus and fellow American Sofia Kenin go to Cincinnati, thus arguing her absence. “Unfortunately, I have made the difficult decision to forfeit the Western & Southern Open. I am recovering to play the US Open. at the end of this month and I feel like I need one more week of rehab. I want to thank the USTA for their efforts to host the tournament in this situation and I wish the players all the best. “

Despite the losses of Serena, Venus and Kenin, the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati will have the presence of Outstanding rackets of the WTA circuit such as Ashleigh Barty, Naomi Osaka, Barbora Krejcikova, Iga Swiatek, Victoria Azarenza, Madison Keys, Karolina Pliskova or Garbiñe Muguruza among others.