Blacknbengal
Well-Known Member
We're not ready for tennis' Great American Story to end. Venus Williams deserves one last good run, one more major championship, one more leap of glory.
She's not going to get it.
Williams is 31 years old, a senior citizen to tennis, and her body is breaking down. Injuries and health issues are taking her away from the game. On Wednesday, she withdrew from the US Open an hour before her second-round match against young German Sabine Lisicki, a Wimbledon semifinalist.
She later issued a statement saying she had been diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome, "an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain. I enjoyed playing my first match here and wish I could continue, but right now I am unable to."
http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/tennis-needs-venus-williams-more-than-ever-but-her-dominating-days-are-done-083111
She's not going to get it.
Williams is 31 years old, a senior citizen to tennis, and her body is breaking down. Injuries and health issues are taking her away from the game. On Wednesday, she withdrew from the US Open an hour before her second-round match against young German Sabine Lisicki, a Wimbledon semifinalist.
She later issued a statement saying she had been diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome, "an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain. I enjoyed playing my first match here and wish I could continue, but right now I am unable to."
http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/tennis-needs-venus-williams-more-than-ever-but-her-dominating-days-are-done-083111
