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Originally scheduled to participate in Toronto and Cincinnati, Williams withdrew due to viral illness.
Her next scheduled tournament was the US Open.
As an unseeded player, Williams defeated Vesna Dolonts in the first round.
She was scheduled to meet 22nd seed Sabine Lisicki in the second round, but withdrew before the match began due to Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease with which she was recently diagnosed.
This marked the first time in her career that she did not reach the quarterfinals or better in any of the grandslam tournaments in a season.
As a result, her ranking dropped to world no.
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