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Williams was set to play in her 22nd Australian
Open after being given a wildcard but the twice finalist
sustained the injury while preparing at the Auckland Classic.
"To be honest, I was super overwhelmed by the injury," Williams
said on her YouTube channel. "I've been injured a long time now
and I couldn't believe I had to go back to rehab.
"After about a week, I started setting up my doctors
appointments and started thinking about what was next for me and
trying to really get a handle on how much time it'll take for me
to get back.
"This is the kind of injury that you have to let it rest a bit
before you can start to do serious rehab ... You have to walk
before you run and I'm starting to walk pretty good. Hopefully,
I'll be running soon, but for now, I'll not be playing tennis."
Williams, who has won five Wimbledon titles and two U.S Open
crowns, is ranked 664th in the world having returned to
competitive action in Auckland for the first time since being
dumped out of last year's U.S. Open in the first round.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru)
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