Venus Williams has not played since Wimbledon, and like her sister, Serena, both are still entered in the US Open. Venus withdrew from Cincinnati and Montreal due to a knee injury.
"I was not feeling 100 percent and I am very sad I wasn’t able to go back to Cincinnati and make my first appearance in Montreal," Venus wrote on her official website. "But I am getting geared up to play in New York in just a couple of weeks. I have been training very hard in the gym and getting back on the court."
Venus has spent her time off focusing on her schoolwork the last couple of weeks.