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Serena pulls out of mixed doubles

SERENA Williams has been nixed in mixed.

Williams won't play mixed doubles at the London Olympics, and the two US teams will instead feature four doubles specialists - the Bryan brothers and Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.

"We all discussed it," US coach Mary Joe Fernandez said. "I think it was the best decision for the team."

Raymond and Mike Bryan will be reunited after winning their third grand slam title together at Wimbledon this summer. The other US entry will be Huber and Bob Bryan, who have won two major titles together.

Williams, who is competing in singles and with her sister Venus in women's doubles, had repeatedly said she also wanted to play mixed doubles. Andy Roddick, John Isner and the Bryans all sought her as a partner. "It's a lot of matches in a short amount of time," Fernandez said.



 

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