American Serena Williams survived a scare in the first ever night session match at the French Open as she edged out Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(6) 6-2 in the first round on Monday. Williams has been agonisingly close to matching Court's record since winning the 2017 Australian Open in her last Grand Slam event before becoming a mother. She has fallen in four Grand Slam finals and earlier this year lost in the semi-finals at the Australian Open. I have to say it was pretty cool to be able to play the first night session ever here at Roland Garros. Williams will face another Romanian in round two in the shape of 174th-ranked Mihaela Buzarnescu.

Source: Daily Mail May 31, 2021 23:22 UTC