Venus Williams pulls out of the US Open...

The tennis world is greatly and genuinely disheartened by Venus Williams withdrawal from the US Open due to an illness. The seven times grand slam champion announced last night that she had been diagnosed of an autoimmune disease (sjogren's syndrome) and would be unable to continue at the US Open. Very sad! I hope V gets better the soonest. But for now I guess Serena is forced to fly the Williams mighty flag alone at the US:(