The 39-year-old last played at Wimbledon, where she exited tearfully in the first round after injuring her ankle on the grass mid-match.
Tennis superstar Serena Williams on Wednesday became the latest high-profile player to pull out of this year’s US Open with injury, announcing her decision via a social media post. “After careful consideration and following the advice of my doctors and medical team, I have decided to withdraw from the US Open to allow my body to heal completely from a torn hamstring,” the 39-year-old wrote on Instagram. The 23-time Grand Slam champion was the runner up at US Open in 2018 (lost to Naomi Osaka) and 2019 (Lost to Bianca Andreescu) and had reached the semi-final last year (lost to Victoria Azarenka.
