- Former world No1 beats Australian 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in second round
- Williams could face old rival Maria Sharapova in last 16
Eventually, this looked a little bit like one of those Serena Williams comebacks of old, filled with brilliant strokes and full-throated screams of “Come on!”
For the first half-hour in the French Open second round on Wednesday, the 23-time grand slam singles champion played the way you would expect from someone competing at her first major in 16 months – and the first since she gave birth to a daughter last September. And then, suddenly, Williams was back. Erasing a deficit of a set and a break, Williams recalibrated her shots and beat 17th-seeded Ashleigh Barty 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that ended shortly before dusk.
Written by Reuters
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/31/serena-williams-french-open-tennis-ashleigh-barty under the title “Serena Williams cranks up game to beat Ashleigh Barty in three sets at French Open”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
