Will Serena Williams come back strongly at 2012 Australian Open

Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 8:12 am , filed under Tennis News by Terry Lawrence

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The former World No. 1 Serena Williams will have to face tough challenge against her fitness, ahead of the 2012 Australian Open championship, where she is struggling with left ankle injury from last week.

The 13-time singles Grand Slam champion Serena, who suffered left ankle injury at the Brisbane International last week, as she withdrawn from the quarter final against Daniela Hantuchova. American star has played great tennis American star has begin the 2012 season at Brisbane International and she has been playing first WTA Tournament, after losing 2011 US Open final championship to Australian Samantha Stosur in September. Serena has overwhelmed Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia in the second round with a 6-2 and 6-4 and Chanelle Scheepers in the opening with a 6-2 and 6-3.

The 30-year-old Serena is considered to be one of the hot favorite to lift the 2012 Australian Open championship, as she needs to be 100 percent fit to take part in the event, schedule to kick off from 16th January at Melbourne Park. American top seed has faced several injury problems in 2011 season and also withdrawn from Australian Open and French Open. Serena, who has played her last Australian Open championship in 2010, she has conquered former World No. 1 Justine Henin in the final in three sets with a 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 score line.

The seven-time singles major title holder Venus Williams has pull out of the year’s opening Grand Slam championship with Sjogren’s syndrome; an autoimmune illness can cause fatigue and joint pain. The World No. 10 Andrea Petkovic is the second player to withdrawn from the Australian Open, where she sustained a stress fracture in her back at 2012 Sydney International on Tuesday.

Tags: 2012 Australian Open, Serena Williams, Venus Williams