World number one Serena Williams endured an early season harm misfortune as she pulled back from her opening Hopman Cup tie with irritation in her knee.
Williams, 34, was planned to play Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in the ladies' singles on Monday morning in Perth, Australia, however she hauled out minutes before the begin.
The match at the blended groups competition was to dispatch Williams' arrangement for her title guard at the Australian Open in Melbourne in the not so distant future.
Williams, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, sat out the last part of last season saying she required "time to recuperate" after barely passing up a great opportunity for an uncommon date-book year Grand Slam.
However, she said the knee issue was just minor and would have liked to be fit to play in the United States' second tie against Australia Gold, one of two groups speaking to the hosts, on Tuesday evening.
"I'm frustrated to not take the court in Perth today," Williams said. "I had each goal to play at the beginning of today.
"Lamentably because of irritation in my knee I have to rest and am sure to be out there against Aussie Gold tomorrow evening."
Williams won her 6th Australian Open keep going January and was on focus for the pined for date-book year Grand Slam until she endured a stun misfortune to Roberta Vinci in the semi-finals at the US Open in September.
She was supplanted on Monday by kindred American Vicky Duval, 20, who came back to tennis in August subsequent to defeating Hodgkin's lymphoma and has a profession high positioning of 87.
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