<p>Former US Open and Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will miss action at the Melbourne Park for the first time in a decade, after she withdrew from the season-opening Grand Slam reportedly due to a leg injury, according to News Corp.</p>.<p>The winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles -- five Wimbledon and two US Opens -- Venus's withdrawal means that an emerging Australian player will get the last women's singles wildcard.</p>.<p>Venus, 41, fell outside the top-100 in May last year for the first time in nine years. The elder of the Williams sisters, Venus has been hampered by a leg injury since August which forced her to miss the 2021 US Open.</p>.<p>Venus has competed in 13 of the past 14 Australian Opens, missing the 2012 edition due to an auto-immune disorder.</p>.<p>Venus was runner-up at the Australian Open 2003 and 2017 and reached the quarterfinals seven other times.</p>.<p>This is the first time since 1997 that neither Serena nor Venus will play at the Australian Open.</p>.<p>"While this is never an easy decision to make, I am not where I need to be physically to compete," Serena was quoted as saying by tennisworldusa.org recently.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Former US Open and Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will miss action at the Melbourne Park for the first time in a decade, after she withdrew from the season-opening Grand Slam reportedly due to a leg injury, according to News Corp.</p>.<p>The winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles -- five Wimbledon and two US Opens -- Venus's withdrawal means that an emerging Australian player will get the last women's singles wildcard.</p>.<p>Venus, 41, fell outside the top-100 in May last year for the first time in nine years. The elder of the Williams sisters, Venus has been hampered by a leg injury since August which forced her to miss the 2021 US Open.</p>.<p>Venus has competed in 13 of the past 14 Australian Opens, missing the 2012 edition due to an auto-immune disorder.</p>.<p>Venus was runner-up at the Australian Open 2003 and 2017 and reached the quarterfinals seven other times.</p>.<p>This is the first time since 1997 that neither Serena nor Venus will play at the Australian Open.</p>.<p>"While this is never an easy decision to make, I am not where I need to be physically to compete," Serena was quoted as saying by tennisworldusa.org recently.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>