Venus pulls out of US Open with illness

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Venus Williams has withdrawn from the tournament before her second-round match.

01 September,2011 02:48 am

The US Open says two-time champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from the tournament before her second-round match, citing an unspecified illness.Williams was supposed to play 22nd-seeded Sabine Lisicki in her second-round match.The 31-year-old Williams pulled out of two hard-court tuneup tournaments this summer because of a virus. In her first match in two months, Williams beat Vesna Dolonts 6-4, 6-3 at Flushing Meadows on Monday.