French Open preview: Win or bust for Serena Williams; Novak Djokovic looks to bounce back after being bounced in NY

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The pandemic and the weather will combine to make this Roland Garros tournament unlike any other

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title at age 17 and now that she’s pushing 40, she’s still making it to the late stages of major tournaments.“A semi-final is always great. Is it great for me? Absolutely not. That’s just how I feel. That’s how I always feel,” Williams said in Paris on Saturday, her 39th birthday and the day before the pandemic-postponed French Open begins.

Serena Williams walks to her bench with a trainer for a medical timeout during the semi-final match she lost at the 2020 U.S. Open against Victoria Azarenka on Sept. 10.Only one player in tennis history has won more Grand Slam singles titles: Margaret Court, who collected 24 across the amateur and professional eras.

Now Djokovic’s every emotion could be scrutinized at a tournament he won in 2016, because it his first Grand Slam appearance since getting disqualified at the U.S. Open this month for accidentally hitting a line judge with a ball hit in anger after dropping a game in the fourth round.

 

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