Serena and Venus Williams sisters pull out of doubles

ByReuters

Updated 30/06/2015 at 14:25 GMT

American five-times Wimbledon women's doubles champion Serena and Venus Williams pulled out of this year's tournament on Tuesday, the All England Club said in a statement.

Venus Williams of the U.S. (L) and Serena Williams of the U.S.wave after defeating Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Olga Savchuk of Ukraine in their women's doubles tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London June 25, 2014

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No reason was given for the withdrawal of the 12th seeds.

The Williams sisters won the women's doubles title in 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2012.

They were forced to retire mid-match last year with Serena suffering from a viral illness.

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