French Open: Serena Williams knocked out after straight-set defeat to Elena Rybakina
Tennis | June 06, 2021 23:48 ISTSerena Williams fell to 21-year-old Elena Rybakina in straight sets in the fourth round.
Serena Williams fell to 21-year-old Elena Rybakina in straight sets in the fourth round.
The seventh-seeded Williams takes on 21st-seeded Elena Rybakina, who has never been in the fourth round before at a major and faces three-time French Open winner Williams for the first time.
After seven days of breathtaking action on la terre batteu, 32 players, on either side of the singles tournament await their fate as round of 16 begins from Sunday evening
Serena Williams is playing in the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament for the 64th time. Elena Rybakina is making her debut at that stage of a major.
Serena Williams faces a dangerous opponent in her third-round match: fellow American Danielle Collins, who reached the quarterfinals in the tournament last September before losing to Sofia Kenin
Serena Williams will try to get back to the third round at Roland Garros a year after she withdrew from the tournament before her second match because of an injured left Achilles.
Federer, the oldest player in men's singles this year, is scheduled for the third match on Court Philippe Chatrier. It will the first Grand Slam match since the 2020 Australian Open
Top-seeded Williams, who accepted a wild-card invitation for the Parma tournament after losing her opening match at the Italian Open last week, was beaten 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Williams, who accepted a wild-card invitation for the Parma tournament after losing her opening match at the Italian Open last week, dominated after dropping her serve in the opening game.
Williams came from a break down twice in the opening set and saved the first three set points she faced in the tiebreaker before Podoroska converted her fourth.
Preparing to return at this week's Italian Open to gear up for Roland Garros later this month, Williams on Monday detailed her recent training regimen.
In another interesting quarter-final match-up, No. 1 seed from Australia, Ashleigh Barty could face Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of the Stuttgart and Madrid Open finals.
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer announced earlier they would withdraw from the tournament.
Naomi Osaka has won 19 consecutive matches but none of those wins came against Serena Williams.
Williams claimed the last five games and beat No. 2 seed Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals despite 33 unforced errors
Serena will next face Naomi Osaka in the semis, who defeated HsiehSu-wei 6-2, 6-2 earlier in the day.
Serena Williams goes up against Simona Halep in the quarterfinals — their 12th meeting on tour in a matchup that dates to a decade ago.
Serena Williams continues her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title when she plays No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the fourth round.
Williams defeated world No. 101 Potapova 7-6(5), 6-2 to set an enticing fourth-round meeting against Belarusian No.1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Serena Williams continues her quest for a record 24th Grand Slam singles title when she plays her second-round match against Nina Stojanovic of Serbia.
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