The Williams sisters: African Tour in doubt?

Serena Williams and Venus Williams miss China Open 2012

Tennis Stories 29 Sep 2012 - 16:12 / by Lebo Poen / reads 2433.
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Sisters Serena Williams and Venus Williams have planned and scheduled and African Tour nearing the end of the 2012 season. They are due to visit Lagos, Nigeria on October 30th and South Africa on November 4th. The sisters will mentor young children through a Tennis clinic and an exhibition match, which will be their first in Africa - in an event scheduled at the Lagos Tennis Club in Onikan from October 30th to November 2nd. Following that trip, they will be in South Africa to launch the BTM (Breaking the Mould) campaign and play an exhibition match at the Ellis Park Johannesburg Arena. The American doubles pair will also visit a coaching clinic in Soweto in support of woman's charity. However, in recent news, the sisters will not play the China Open. Serena is reported ill. She posted from her twitter account recently: Flu no fun, while Venus is having back problems. It remains to be seen which events they will play in looking ahead.