 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name's Cam Williams and with the US Open just around the corner We have some big names that have pulled out some grand-same champions that have pulled out over the last couple of days Let's go over look at the list for the WTA because some big names have just pulled out in the last 24 hours All right starting with the women's side of things and the first player to pull out is Sophia Kennan the Australian Open Champion from last year She's actually pulled out after testing positive to COVID-19. So she won't be playing this year We have Sigmund she's pulled out because of a knee injury that she's had for the last couple of weeks the Romanian Teague She's pulled out because of a back injury. Wong has also pulled out due to a scheduling change So she couldn't schedule in the US Open Serena Williams the biggest name for the WTA not playing in the 2021 US Open Of course made the semi-finals last year the final of the year before she's pulled out with a hamstring injury So we haven't seen Serena since Wimbledon when she got injured at Wimbledon We won't be seeing her for some time yet And her sister Venus has also pulled out of the US Open due to a leg injury that she got last week in Chicago Zheng has also pulled out for unknown reasons and also Zhu pulled out as well again for unknown reasons Not sure if it's injury or it's just a scheduling change as well Taking a look at the men's side of the tournament and again We've got some really big names who've pulled out starting with Beterna He's actually pulled out just for feeling unwell. He did get COVID a couple of months ago So maybe still recovering from that born a church who hasn't been on tour for a long long time He's pulled out of another major tournament due to his right shoulder injury and like church Edmund Kyle Edmund He's pulled out as well of another major tournament due to a persistent knee injury He's been battling for the last couple of years speaking of knee injuries Roger Federer He's pulled out one of the biggest names on the men's side to not be playing the US Open this year out with that right knee injury Getting surgery of course and Rafa Nadal the left foot has come back to hurt him again Been a constant throughout his career the foot injuries He is not playing the US Open and of course not playing for the rest of the year Milosh Rayonich hasn't played for a while. He is pulled out with a leg injury So we haven't seen Milosh for what seems like forever almost all year So he's also pulled out of the US Open this year Dominic team the defending champion He has pulled out with a wrist injury of course injured that during the grass court season a couple of months ago So he won't be playing due to the right wrist and Stanford Brinker He has also got a foot injury a left foot injury that actually got surgery on a couple of months ago So he is still in rehab trying to get better, but won't be playing the US Open this year So there it is the massive names that have pulled out It was the men's side of things that were falling apart pretty early But in the last couple of days, we have some massive massive names not playing with Serena and Venus not playing it Of course Sophia Kennan She's a Grand Slam champion too and she won't be playing in this year's US Open Let me know down in the comments below Who are you gonna miss the most out of these massive names because like I said Grand Slam champions all-round former champions of the US Open as well Don't forget Venus Serena team Vavrinca and then of course the other two goats with veteran Adal They've all won this tournament before and we're not gonna see any of them this year So let me know down in the comments below who are you most disappointed about not seeing this year So the US Open it's only a week away with some massive names are dropping out late