Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open shortly before she was due on Philippe Chatrier Court to face Maria Sharapova in a much-anticipated fourth round showdown.
The 36-year-old 23-time grand slam champion, playing in her first slam since the 2017 Australian Open after maternity leave, told a news conference in Paris she had a pectoral muscle injury.
“Unfortunately I’m having some issues with my pec muscle. Right now I can’t actually serve so it’s kind of hard to play,” she said.
Williams also revealed that she will have an MRI scan on Tuesday and was non-committal on her Wimbledon prospects.
“It’s very difficult,” Williams added. “I love playing Maria. I’ve made every sacrifice I could. I made a commitment to myself and my team that if I wasn’t at least 60% I wouldn’t play. I’ve never felt this in my life. It’s so painful.
“I’m beyond disappointed. I gave up so much from time with my daughter & time with my family all for this moment. So it’s really difficult to be in this situation.”
Williams played in the women’s doubles with sister Venus yesterday.
“I thought [doubles] was a perfect opportunity to see how I was going. I tried a lot of different tapings and support. It didn’t get a lot better.”
Sharapova will now play either Garbiñe Muguruza or Lesia Tsurenko in the quarter-finals
Music act, Timaya will soon be a father again, This time a 3rd time. Timaya and his newest girlfriend, arereportedly expecting a child together. According to those in the know Tama is heavily pregnant and would pop any moment from now.
Tama and Timaya recently took their love to social media when they both posted the above photo with different captions. Timaya captioned his own;
'When a QUEEN steps into ur Life everything changes....... Baby Daddy!' WHILE
Tama captioned hers;
'Blessed Sunday people ! My king and I... #obssesed'.
This isn’t Tama’s first kid and it’s not Timaya’s either. Timaya has two girls from his ex, Barbara while Tama a widow has a son from her past relationship.
Upsetting photographs show the shocking result of pollution on a whale that starved to death because it had swallowed 80 plastic bags.
The pilot whale was barely alive when it was found by rescuers in a canal near Thailand’s border with Malaysia.
The whale was described as ’emaciated’ and had struggled to eat because its stomach was so full of plastic. It vomited up five bags during rescue attempts which proved fruitless, as the animal died a short time later.
One of the surgeons tasked with trying to treat the whale said it was the worst case of an animal dying due to plastic pollution she had ever seen.
Nigerian football legend Nwankwo Kanu has been robbed on the way to Kaliningrad in Russia, according to reports.
TASS Russian News Agency reports that US$11,000 (approximately N4m) was stolen from the former Arsenal striker while he was traveling from London to Moscow.
Kanu’s final destination was Kaliningrad, the city that will host the Super Eagles World Cup opener against Croatia on June 16.
At Khrabrovo airport, he received his baggage, and discovered that the money was stolen when he got to his hotel.
Two Sheremetyevo Airport staff have been detained on suspicion of stealing the money.
