Date 24/03/2019 - News People
(CNN) Serena Williams has been forced to withdraw from the Miami Open due to a knee injury. Williams, who won the most recent of her eight titles at the tournament in 2015, recorded a hard-fought victory over Sweden's Rebecca Peterson in her opening game. 1 Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise defeat to Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh, going down 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-3, while Petra Kvitova, who lost to Osaka in the Australian Open final earlier this year, progressed after defeating Donna Vekic in three sets, 6-4 3-6 6-4.
