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Thursday 29 May 2014

Serena Williams finally bows out in second Round of the French Open.



Serena  Williams  reacting  during  a match

Defending champion Serena Williams followed sister Venus out of the French Open on a dramatic fourth day.
Serena lost 6-2 6-2 to Spain's Garbine Muguruza after Venus had been beaten 2-6 6-3 6-4 by Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova at Roland Garros.
It is the first time in her career that Serena has failed to reach the second week of a Grand Slam as the top seed.
It means a projected third-round clash between the Williams sisters will now feature Muguruza and Schmiedlova.
Muguruza, 20, took full advantage of a very out-of-sorts Williams on a cool and breezy Court Suzanne Lenglen.
The 32-year-old American made 29 errors and just eight winners in a 64-minute defeat that means she will not add to her 17 Grand Slam titles this fortnight.
"It was one of those days," said the 2002 and 2013 champion.
"You can't be on every day, and, gosh, I hate to be off during a Grand Slam. It happens, you know. It's not the end of the world. It is what it is.
"I think she played really well and she played really smart.
"You know, it's great, because I'm going to go home and work five times as hard to make sure I never lose again."
She looked inexplicably underpowered as her usually mighty serve failed to win enough free points and the rest of her game disintegrated.
Venus Williams, 33, had earlier made a strong start before losing eight of nine games on her way to defeat against 19-year-old Schmiedlova on Court Philippe Chatrier.
"I felt like this was a match that I was most likely going to win," said Venus. "I don't know how Serena felt, but I'm sure she feels like that every time she goes on the court.
"So I think our expectation was to play in the next round."
You   can recalled  that Li na  failed  to reached  the  second  round  of the  on  going  french  open to a  lowly rated  french  lady.

Source : BBC

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