The French Open was never one of Venus Williams’s favourite tournaments, nor did she relish playing on its unforgiving clay. However, on opening day this time, Svitolina, the ninth seed, beat her more handily than that, 6-3, 6-3. Although there were flashes of her undoubted brilliance, it was hardly a brass-band farewell on the tournament’s lovely new court, and Williams later gave perfunctory answers to a few standard questions, then was gone. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Venus Williams serves at the new Court Simonne-Mathieu at Roland Garros. Venus, sometimes, was playing unbelievable.”Asked if she could imagine herself playing tennis at 38, like Venus, she was adamant it was not an option.

Source: The Guardian May 26, 2019 10:54 UTC