31.   The Vatican on Tuesday denied an Italian newspaper report that surgery was planned on his ailing knee.

32.   Throughout training camp, he has grown increasingly irritated about the attention given his ailing knee and hamstring.

33.   Venus declined to discuss her ailing knee afterward, but she smiled at the prospect of a semifinal matchup against her sister.

34.   Williams wore a bandage on her ailing right knee but showed no effects from the injury.

35.   Williams wore a bandage on her ailing right knee, but showed no effects from the injury.