American great Serena Williams was left out of the China Open tennis draw on Friday as reports said she\u2019s called time on her season following her meltdown at the US Open.<\/p>\n
Williams\u2019 name, along with that of her sister Venus, did not appear on a list of 64 players ahead of the tournament\u2019s start on Saturday in Beijing.<\/p>\n
It comes less than three weeks after the tempestuous US Open final, where Williams accused the umpire of sexism in an angry rant during her 6-2, 6-4 defeat to Japan\u2019s Naomi Osaka.<\/p>\n
In extraordinary scenes, Williams went into a tailspin after a warning for receiving coaching from the sidelines, smashing her racquet and being docked a point and then a game.<\/p>\n
She later said that she wanted to \u201cmove on\u201d from the incident, but maintained that women players could not get away with \u201ceven half of what a guy can do\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now we are not, as it\u2019s proven, in that same position,\u201d she told Australia\u2019s Channel Ten.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s neither here nor there. I\u2019m just trying most of all to recover from that and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reports from the United States said Williams\u2019 season is now over, making it the fourth year in a row she has curtailed her playing commitments — although in 2017 she took time off to have a baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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