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Serena Williams: "I was just desperate for a win"
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
(Photos by Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)
Talk about a painful match to watch!
Both American Serena Williams and the Czech Republic's Klara Zakopalova agonized throughout their match on the Suzanne Lenglen Court at the French Open today, with Serena taking the bigger brunt of the pain even though she went on to win the three-set match 6-3, 65-77, 6-4.
"I was just desperate for a win," the second-seeded Williams said, "and I think it pretty much showed in my game."
Serena described today's performance as "horrendous." She then added, "I just played junior tennis — or even worse."
Throughout the error laden match Serena looked to gain more pain with each error.
After the 21/2 hour match was finally won, she joined sister Venus for a round of doubles. That match is currently suspended because of darkness until Wednesday.
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Posted by Shelia at 9:19 PM Labels: BNP Paribas Open. Doubles, French Open, Klara Zakopalova, Roland Garros, Serena Williams, Suzanne Lenglen Court, Venus Williams Email this post
Loss In Spain Leaves Serena At No. 2
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Serena Williams, USA
Not only did American Serena Williams lose in the first round of the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella, Spain on Wednesday, she will also fall out of the World No. 1 spot come Monday, April 20; Russian Dinara Safina will take over. Serena lost to Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
Serena's left leg remained taped as it was in the Sony Ericsson Open Championship match on Saturday. Her movement appeared to be the same, and I can't imagine that the change of surface with very little practice helped. Although, had Serena been one hundred percent, she still would have had to contend with a very well prepared Zakopalova who was not having any trouble with the clay surface. Zakopalova's shots were nowhere near as powerful as Serena's, but her movement was better, and shot placement more accurate.
Afterwards Serena said, “I am very sad about my defeat, in every moment I wanted to play my best tennis, but due to my injury I could not perform better”.
Serena also stated that at no point had she regretted coming to the tournament and she profoundly regretted saying goodbye to her numerous fans in Spain.
Serena Williams Shopping In Marbella
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Posted by Shelia at 12:30 AM Labels: Czech Republic, Klara Zakopalova, Marbella Spain, Serena Williams, Sony Ericsson Open Email this post
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