PARIS (AP) " Serena Williams is still haunted by her struggles en route to winning last year's French Open title. Get Sorted: Dropping D-words Cartoon: A matter of trustThe French Open is the only major Williams never has won back-to-back and she enters the tournament following a confidence-boosting win at the Italian Open last weekend. It proved to be good choice as Williams overcame a mid-match slump to beat Lucie Safarova in three sets and clinch her 20th major title. Williams was then surprisingly beaten by Roberta Vinci " an Italian ranked 43rd " in the semifinals of the U.S. Open and lost this year's Australian Open final to Kerber. ___This story has been corrected to show that Williams said "four tournaments and three finals," not "four titles."

Source: New Zealand Herald May 20, 2016 07:48 UTC