Two-time US Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka confirmed her withdrawal from the tournament on Monday amid a custody battle concerning her eight-month-old son. Azarenka, who signalled last week she may miss the tournament rather than travel to New York without her son Leo, confirmed her withdrawal in a statement. "I am sadly unable to compete in this year's US Open due to my ongoing family situation that I am working through," the Belarussian said. The 28-year-old said last week she would skip Flushing Meadows rather than be separated from her baby after a Los Angeles judge presiding in her custody case with the boy's father, Billy McKeague, said the child could not leave California until the matter had been resolved.

source: AFP