“Last woman standing” may take on a new meaning
The withdrawal of the world’s number 1 player from the U.S. Open would be unfortunate under any circumstances, but placed in the context of the current run of injuries on the tour, Serena Williams‘ announcement simply turns a bad scenario into a worse one. Justine Henin, who has an injured elbow, was already out of the Open, and today, defending champion Kim Clijsters hurt her hip in Montreal.Sam Stosur has a wild card into the New Haven main draw, but she had to skip both Cincinnati and Montreal because of a sore arm. Venus Williams has knee problems again. And