Tennis superstar, Serena Williams was left out of China Open draw, as she calls time on season following US Open final defeat.
Williams’ name, along with
that of her sister Venus, did not appear on a list of 64 players ahead of the
tournament’s start on Saturday in Beijing.
It comes less than three
weeks after the tempestuous US Open final, where Williams accused the umpire of
sexism in an angry rant during her 6-2, 6-4 defeat to Japan’s Naomi Osaka.
In extraordinary scenes,
Williams went into a tailspin after a warning for receiving coaching from the
sidelines, smashing her racket and being docked a point and then a game.
She later said that she
wanted to “move on” from the incident, but maintained that women players could
not get away with “even half of what a guy can do”.
“Right now we are not, as
it’s proven, in that same position,” she told Australia’s Channel Ten.
“But that’s neither here
nor there. I’m just trying most of all to recover from that and move on.”
Reports from the United
States said Williams’ season is now over, making it the fourth year in a row
she has curtailed her playing commitments, although in 2017 she took time off
to have a baby.
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