August 20, 2008
S. Williams hurts knee at tournament
Top-seeded Serena Williams injured her left knee and pulled out of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Calif., becoming the third singles player on the U.S. Olympic women's tennis team with a knee injury. She retired while trailing during the second set of her semifinal match against qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak. Williams' sister Venus and Lindsay Davenport, the other U.S. Olympic singles players, have already pulled out of next week's East West Bank Classic in Carson, Calif., because of right knee injuries. Serena Williams struggled from the start against the 85th-ranked Wozniak and first called for the trainer when trailing 5-2 in the first set. Williams appeared to injure the knee further while stretching for a backhand in the fifth game of the set. Wozniak will play in today's final against sixth seed Marion Bartoli, who beat Ai Sugiyama, 6-3, 6-3.
•ATP Indianapolis Tennis ChampionshipsTop seed James Blake struggled after a rain delay and was upset by Dimitry Tursunov, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the semifinals. Tursunov, the third seed, will meet second seed Gilles Simon of France in the championship match today. Simon outlasted fourth-seeded American Sam Querrey, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in the other semifinal.
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