And I honestly didn’t think I was going to win that in the second set,” Williams said. 1-seeded American’s strokes were off, her range was wrong, to the tune of mistake after mistake after mistake. By the end, the unforced error statistics read this way: Williams 43, Putintseva 16. Putintseva twice was a point from serving for the biggest victory of her career. PARIS — Defending champion Serena Williams pulled out quite a comeback in the French Open quarterfinals Thursday, rallying from a set and a break down to beat 60th-ranked Yulia Putintseva 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

Source: National Post June 02, 2016 16:31 UTC