2016 Madrid Open Tennis - Serena Williams(USA) withdraws from Madrid Open with flu Friday April 29,2016

Serena Williams(USA) has withdrawn from the  2016 Madrid Open because of flu, the organisers said on Friday April 29,2016

"Unfortunately, I have to withdraw from Madrid because I've been battling the flu and I'm not at 100 percent. I look forward to returning soon,"Serena Williams said in a statement.

Agnieszka Radwanska(Poland) takes over as top seed for the tournament, which starts on Saturday April 30,2016

 2015Madrid Open Champions

Women's Singles
Petra Kvitova(Czech)beat Svetlana Kuznetsova(Russia)6-1,6-2


Women's Doubles
Casey Delllacqua(Australia)and Yaroslava Shvedova(Kazakhstan)beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro6-3,6-7,10-5

Note

Serena Williams(34World Number One has only played four tournaments since August 2015, failing to win any of them.

Serena Williams  lost in the US Open semi-finals in September 2015, before defeats this year in the 2016 Australian Open and 2016 Indian Wells finals and a round-four loss in 2016 Miami Open