43-year-old Venus Williams withdrew from the match against 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva
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American Venus Williams refused to participate in the match against Russian Mirra Andreeva due to health problems. The game was supposed to take place as part of the Tennis in the Land tournament in Cleveland (USA). Now the Russian will play with the German Tamara Korpach.
“Unfortunately my knee won’t let me do it… I’m frustrated about it, but I’m going to work on myself and try to pull myself together to be at the US Open,” Williams said in a video posted on Tennis in the Land page on the X social network.
Venus Williams, 43, is a seven-time Grand Slam winner. She has 49 WTA singles titles to her credit. Now she occupies 407th place in the ranking of tennis players. Mirra Andreeva is 16 years old. She did not win in the adult WTA tournaments, but in the debut Roland Garros and Wimbledon she reached the third and fourth rounds, respectively. Finalist of one Grand Slam tournament in singles.
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