World number two Serena Williams remains confident she will be fit to compete in the French Open despite withdrawing from the Madrid Open with a knee injury.
Williams, seeded second here behind Dinara Safina, made the decision to pull out after losing the first set of her match against Francesca Schiavone 6-4 yesterday afternoon.
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