The year 's tournament saw a couple of withdrawals ; The women 's side saw the draw without the top two rank players with World no. 2 Dinara Safina withdrawing with a recurring back problem and world no. 1 Serena Williams with sister Venus Williams continue their boycott from the tournament since Serena won the event in 2001 . The men 's side saw the withdrawals of Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt due to hip surgeries . Juan Martín del Potro also withdrew due to a right wrist injury and Fernando González withdrew to aid his country Chile after an earthquake . Stanislas Wawrinka also withdrew due to the birth of his child . Mikhail Youzhny also withdrew
earthquake
2010 Chile earthquake
2010 BNP Paribas Open