World No. 1
Serena Williams came into the French Open main draw with only one title in nine
months, but the American told media on Friday that she' s confident in
defending her title here at Roland Garros.
Serena
crushed out of the U.S. Open semifinals last summer by Roberta Vinci, which
ended the 34-year-old' s hops of sweeping majors of the calendar, and had not
win a title since then until last weekend when she beat compatriot Madison Keys
to lift trophy in Rome.
Despite the
low profile, however, the 21-times Grand Slam winner, who played only four
tournament so far in 2016, entered three finals, including that of the
Australian Open where she lost to Germany' s Angelique Kerber, the third seed
here for this year' s French Open.
"For
me, if I'm not winning, I'm not happy about my year," said Williams.
"Four tournaments, three finals isn't bad for, I think, everyone else.
Then again, I'm not everyone else.
"I
guess when you win all the time, if you go a couple of tournaments and don't
win them, it's like you're in a drought."
Serena
pulled out of Madrid through illness, but did not drop a set in Rome, the only
clay tourney she attended before coming to Roland Garros.
"It
felt good to win in Rome, obviously. I was feeling pretty confident going into
some of those matches. Especially the last few I felt a lot better.
"Even
if I'd have lost, I feel like some of those matches really gave me the match
play that I needed," she said.
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