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Serena Williams pulls out of Paris Open

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Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:56pm EST
File photo shows Serena Williams of the U.S. on the court during her quarter-finals match against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 22, 2008. Williams has pulled out of the Paris Open women's tennis tournament starting on Monday because she needs dental surgery, organizers said on Friday. REUTERS/Darren Whitesi

PARIS (Reuters) - American Serena Williams has pulled out of the Paris Open women's tennis tournament starting on Monday because she needs dental surgery, organizers said on Friday.

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The former world number one, who won the event in 2003, will be replaced as the second seed in the draw by Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova.

(Reporting by Patrick Vignal, Editing by Clare Fallon)
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