Serena Williams and Eugenie Bouchard out of Dubai

ByReuters

Updated 14/02/2015 at 10:13 GMT

Australian Open champion Serene Williams has pulled out of this week's Dubai Tennis Championships, organisers said on Saturday.

Serena Williams of the U.S. poses with her trophy after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles final match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 31, 2015 (Reuters)

Image credit: Reuters

Officials released a brief message on Twitter saying Williams and Canada's Genie Bouchard had withdrawn from the lucrative WTA event.

Williams recently won her sixth Australian Open title but the world number one sat out last week's Fed Cup tie for the United States because of a persistent, nagging cough.

No reason was given for Bouchard's withdrawl, after she was awarded a wild card in the event.

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