Serena Williams beats Collins to enter into round four, will face Rybakina.
French Open Result: American Serena Williams, former world number 1 and today 8th. She secured her presence in the second week of Roland Garros for the first time since 2018. After defeating compatriot Danielle Collins (50th), 6-4, 6- 4 this Friday.
In the round of 16 she will face off with the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (22nd).
At 39, the American, whose shoes can be read the slogan ‘I will never stop’, is seeking a 24th Grand Slam title. Which would allow her to equal the absolute record of ‘Great’ held by Australian Margaret Court.
French Open Result
The youngest of the Williams sisters, despite wearing a bulky bandage on her right thigh, had a lead and a break before Collins got back into the game to go 4-1 in the second set.
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But Serena scored five games in a row to win the match in 1 hour and 25 minutes.
The American champion came to Paris with a single victory on clay this season between the tournaments in Rome and Parma.
And she hadn’t played on the circuit since her Australian Open semi-final loss (against Osaka) in early February.
