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TOKYO (Reuters) -- World No. 2 Serena Williams has pulled out of next week's Pan Pacific Open with knee and toe injuries, organizers said on Thursday.

The Australian Open and Wimbledon champion has not played a singles match since her rant at a lineswoman in her semifinal loss to Belgian Kim Clijsters at the U.S. Open earlier this month.

The rest of the women's world top 10, including Serena's older sister Venus, is among the field at the $2 million event.

World No. 1 Dinara Safina, who was not on the initial entry list, has opted to compete in Tokyo in a bid to retain the Pan Pacific crown she won last year.

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SINGLES

Round 1

Angela Haynes, USA defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS
6-7(5), 2-6


DOUBLES

Round 1

Angela Haynes, USA and Natalie Grandin, RSA
defeated
Wen-Hsin Hsu, TPE and Junri Namigata, JPN
6-3, 6-4

Quarterfinal Round

Angela Haynes, USA and Natalie Grandin, RSA
defeated by
Alisa Kleybanova, RUS and Ekaterina Makarova
3-6, 3-6


DOUBLES

Round 1

Ahsha Rolle, USA and Monica Niculescu, ROM
defeated
Maria Kondratieva, RUS and Sophie Lefevre, FRA
6-1, 7-5

Quarterfinal Round

Ahsha Rolle, USA and Monica Niculescu, ROU
defeated
Maria Elena Cumerin, ITA Ksenia Palkina, KGZ
w.o.

Semifinal Round

Ahsha Rolle, USA and Monica Niculescu, ROU
defeated by
Olga Govortsova, BLR and Tatiana Poutchek, BLR
1-6, 2-6

SINGLES

Round 1

Gael Monfils, FRA vs. BYE

Round 2

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Sebastian Grosjean, FRA
6-1, 6-1

Quarterfinal Round

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Janko Tipsarevic, SRB
6-1, 4-2, Ret'd

Semifinal Round

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Richard Gasquet, FRA
6-4, 6-3

Final Round

Gael Monfils, FRA vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber


SINGLES

Round 1

Brittany Augustine, USA defeated by Ani Mijacika, CRO
6-4, 6-7(5), Ret'd

Shenay Perry, USA defeated Ming Yuan, CHN
6-0, 6-3

Mashona Washington, defeated by Lindsay Lee-Waters, USA
4-6, 6-2, 4-6

Round 2

Shenay Perry,USA defeated Olga Putchkova, RUS
7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(6)

Quarterfinal Round

Shenay Perry, USA defeated Frederica Piedade, POR
6-4, 5-7, 6-0

Semifinal Round

Shenay Perry, USA vs. Ani Mijacika, CRO


Eliminated during singles qualifying rounds:

Asia Muhammed, USA
Tiya Rolle, USA


DOUBLES

Round 1

Mashona Washington, USA and Riza Zalameda, USA
defeated
Varvara Lepchenko, USA and Coco Vandeweghe, USA
5-7, 6-4 [10-8]

Quarterfinal Round

Mashona Washington, USA and Riza Zalameda, USA
defeated
Brittany Augustine, USA and Ashley Weinhold, USA
6-7(4), 6-4 [10-7]

Semifinal Round

Mashona Washington, USA and Riza Zalameda, USA
defeated
Jorjelina Cravero, ARG and Frederica Piedade, POR
7-5, 4-6 [10-6]

Final Round

Mashona Washington, USA and Riza Zalameda, USA
vs.
Awaiting Opponent


SINGLES

Round 1

Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated Tyler Hochwalt,USA
6-0, 6-0

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated Tim Goransson, SWE
6-3, 6-4

Round 2

Nicholas Monroe defeated Erling Tveit, NOR
6-3, 6-3

Marcus Fugate defeated by Michael McClune, USA
2-6, 5-7

Quarterfinal Round

Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated by Blake Strode, USA

1-6, 3-6

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METZ, France — Top-seeded Gael Monfils reached the Open de Moselle quarter-finals by thrashing fellow Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday.

Following a first-round bye, Monfils fired 10 aces and broke Grosjean six times in their first matchup in three years. Former world No. 4 Grosjean, a wild-card entry ranked 1,147th, underwent shoulder surgery last December and won his first match this week since 2008 Wimbledon. He had four break points in the very first game but was unable to convert them.

Monfils will next face Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, who upset eighth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Ljubicic, who beat Monfils in the 2005 final, fought for nearly two hours before losing to Tipsarevic for the first time.

Fourth-seeded Philipp Petzschner of Germany beat wild card Michael Llodra of France 7-6 (3), 6-3 in their second-round match.

Llodra missed a set point at 5-4 in the first set, then Petzschner raced 5-2 ahead in the second before closing the match on his second match point.

Petzschner reached the Metz quarter-finals for the second time, having advanced to the last eight on his tournament debut in 2003. He will take on Richard Gasquet, who fought more than two hours to edge Belgian Christophe Rochus 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.

The Frenchman is trying to rediscover his form after he endured a ban of two and a half months for testing positive for cocaine at a tournament in Miami in March. Gasquet said he inadvertently ingested the drug by kissing a woman in a nightclub.

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NEW YORK -- Former Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison has settled her racial discrimination lawsuit with the U.S. Tennis Association.

Papers filed in federal court on Wednesday show that a deal was signed on Aug. 27, though its terms were not disclosed.

U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier said the association is happy the case was resolved and was looking forward to working with Garrison in the future.

Garrison filed her lawsuit in February, saying she was treated unfairly because she was paid a lower salary than Davis Cup coach Patrick McEnroe and was held to higher standards.

Attorneys on both sides did not immediately return messages for comment.

The USTA announced in December 2007 that 2008 would be Garrison's final season at the helm.

Garrison, the first black captain of the U.S. Fed Cup team, replaced Billie Jean King in 2004. As a player, Garrison was the 1990 Wimbledon runner-up, becoming the first black woman since Althea Gibson in 1958 to reach a Grand Slam singles final.

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Hey guys!!!

I want to amend my press statement of yesterday, and want to make it clear as possible - I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, the USTA, and tennis fans everywhere for my inappropriate outburst. I'm a woman of great pride, faith and integrity, and I admit when I'm wrong.

I need to make it clear to all young people that I handled myself inappropriately and it's not the way to act -- win or lose, good call or bad call in any sport, in any manner.

I like to lead by example. We all learn from experiences both good and bad. I will learn and grow from this, and be a better person as a result.

Xxxx,

S

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