Williams to rest knee ahead of French Open

World number two Serena Williams remains confident she will be fit to compete in the French Open despite withdrawing from the Madrid Open today with a knee injury.

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.