Serena Williams won’t add another French Open title to her trophy cabinet, at least not in 2018. The 36-year-old announced on Monday that she has pulled out of the tournament due to a chest muscle injury. Williams announced her decision shortly before she was scheduled to play Maria Sharapova in the fourth round.

“It’s extremely disappointing,” – Williams told reporters on Monday. “But also, I made a promise to myself and to my coach and to my team that if I’m not at least 60 percent or 50 percent, then I probably shouldn’t play.“

Williams explained that she will get an MRI and do further tests in order to figure out how severe the injury is and how it will affect her tennis season.

“The fact that I physically can’t serve at all is a good indication that maybe I should just go back to the drawing board and stay positive, and try to get better and not get it to a point where it could be a lot worse.” – she added.

2018 French Open was the first Grand Slam tournament Serena Williams participated in since January 2017, when she won Australian Open. After the tournament, Williams revealed she was already eight-weeks pregnant and took a break from tennis. After giving birth to her daughter in September 2017, she made her return to tennis in late December of the same year, playing an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi.

Serena Williams currently has 23 Grand Slam titles, which represent the most for all tennis players in the modern era. When it comes to all-time ranking, she is second to Margaret Court, who has 24.

The post Serena Williams Withdraws from French Open Due to a Chest Muscle Injury appeared first on SportzBonanza.

Serena Williams is set to return to competitive tennis earlier than expected. According to Australian Open director Craig Tiley, Williams will “very likely” compete at the tournament and try to defend the title. Williams won 2017 Australian Open while being pregnant and didn’t compete since. She gave birth to a baby girl in September.

“She’s got her visa, she’s entered, she’s practicing and she’s probably just got to find a bit more space for a bigger entourage.” – said Tiley while speaking with the Herald Sun. “There’s no question that she’ll be ready in our view and she wants to break a record that is Margaret Court’s. It would be a pretty significant accomplishment for her to be able to do that.“

Serena Williams currently has 23 Grand Slam titles in her career, with 7 of them coming at Australian Open. Australia native Margaret Court, on the other hand, has 24.

Although Tiley seems to be confident about Williams participating at Australian Open, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou said that the decision wasn’t made and that Serena will make up her mind after her upcoming training session in Florida.

In case that Serena doesn’t come back in time for Australian Open, she will likely compete at Indian Wells or Miami, with both tournaments taking place in March.

The 2018 Australian Open will take place at 15-28 January 2018 and will be the 106th edition of the tournament. The tournament’s wildcard playoff will start on Monday, giving the players outside the top 100 to win a chance to compete in the tournament.

The post Serena Williams Set to Return to Tennis at the 2018 Australian Open appeared first on SportzBonanza.

Serena Williams won’t add another French Open title to her trophy cabinet, at least not in 2018. The 36-year-old announced on Monday that she has pulled out of the tournament due to a chest muscle injury. Williams announced her decision shortly before she was scheduled to play Maria Sharapova in the fourth round.

“It’s extremely disappointing,” – Williams told reporters on Monday. “But also, I made a promise to myself and to my coach and to my team that if I’m not at least 60 percent or 50 percent, then I probably shouldn’t play.“

Williams explained that she will get an MRI and do further tests in order to figure out how severe the injury is and how it will affect her tennis season.

“The fact that I physically can’t serve at all is a good indication that maybe I should just go back to the drawing board and stay positive, and try to get better and not get it to a point where it could be a lot worse.” – she added.

2018 French Open was the first Grand Slam tournament Serena Williams participated in since January 2017, when she won Australian Open. After the tournament, Williams revealed she was already eight-weeks pregnant and took a break from tennis. After giving birth to her daughter in September 2017, she made her return to tennis in late December of the same year, playing an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi.

Serena Williams currently has 23 Grand Slam titles, which represent the most for all tennis players in the modern era. When it comes to all-time ranking, she is second to Margaret Court, who has 24.

The post Serena Williams Withdraws from French Open Due to a Chest Muscle Injury appeared first on SportzBonanza.

Serena Williams is set to return to competitive tennis earlier than expected. According to Australian Open director Craig Tiley, Williams will “very likely” compete at the tournament and try to defend the title. Williams won 2017 Australian Open while being pregnant and didn’t compete since. She gave birth to a baby girl in September.

“She’s got her visa, she’s entered, she’s practicing and she’s probably just got to find a bit more space for a bigger entourage.” – said Tiley while speaking with the Herald Sun. “There’s no question that she’ll be ready in our view and she wants to break a record that is Margaret Court’s. It would be a pretty significant accomplishment for her to be able to do that.“

Serena Williams currently has 23 Grand Slam titles in her career, with 7 of them coming at Australian Open. Australia native Margaret Court, on the other hand, has 24.

Although Tiley seems to be confident about Williams participating at Australian Open, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou said that the decision wasn’t made and that Serena will make up her mind after her upcoming training session in Florida.

In case that Serena doesn’t come back in time for Australian Open, she will likely compete at Indian Wells or Miami, with both tournaments taking place in March.

The 2018 Australian Open will take place at 15-28 January 2018 and will be the 106th edition of the tournament. The tournament’s wildcard playoff will start on Monday, giving the players outside the top 100 to win a chance to compete in the tournament.

The post Serena Williams Set to Return to Tennis at the 2018 Australian Open appeared first on SportzBonanza.