Clay court season and French Open 2014 Serena Williams tennis season
1 clay court season , french open
1.1 family circle cup
1.2 mutua madrid open
1.3 internazionali bnl d italia
1.4 french open
clay court season , french open
family circle cup
williams began clay season on green clay courts of family circle cup. entered tournament two-time defending champion , top seed , received bye past first round. in second round faced world no. 78 jana Čepelová. lost opening 5 games, losing serve 3 times young slovak, world no. 1 surged win 4 straight games , trail single break. despite holding break point on opponent s serve level match, Čepelová served out set on third attempt. 2 players exchanged breaks in second set, slovak gained decisive break in seventh game. Čepelová s win ended william s 28 match winning streak on clay, dating win in opening round of 2013 edition of same tournament.
mutua madrid open
after first loss on clay since 2012, williams returned mutua madrid open in pursuit of third consecutive title @ tournament. campaign got underway against former junior world no.1 belinda bencic in first round. williams overcame swiss qualifier, breaking serve 5 times throughout match, included run of 21 consecutive points world no. 1. in second round williams came against world no.1 doubles player peng shuai. in first meeting since 2009, williams dominant beginning, hitting 28 winners including 11 aces, winning match in straight sets. in round of 16, williams played local player carla suárez navarro, whom in last meeting failed win single game. spaniard, however, put more respectable scoreline on favorite surface, winning 5 games, including break of williams serves in opening game of match. ultimately, williams came through match untroubled straight sets victory. williams set face world no.6 petra kvitová in quarterfinals world no.1 withdrew before match, citing left thigh injury, had heavily strapped second round onwards.
internazionali bnl d italia
williams came internazionali bnl d italia in search of 60th career singles title. top seed received bye through first round face andrea petkovic in second round, whom defeated dropping 4 games, taking double break lead in each set. in following round, face compatriot varvara lepchenko. williams won first set breadstick , dominated second set despite getting broken, dropping 2 games. in last 8, williams faced surprise quarterfinalist zhang shuai of china , cruised passed opponent, breaking opponent 4 times in first set , won second single break. win set rematch of 4th round loss @ 2014 australian open took on ana ivanovic. similar australian open match, williams won first set, while ivanovic won second. in final set, williams took first 5 games , closed out 2 games after gain revenge on serbian opponent. in final, faced italian sara errani, williams took break lead, before errani break in 7th game take on serve. however, williams took next 8 games win match bagel in second set defend title.
french open
williams came french open defending champion , top seed. faced friend alizé lim of france in first round , won match dropping 3 games. in second round, williams faced spain s garbiñe muguruza , suffered worst loss @ slam, claiming 4 games in 2 sets in 64 minutes. williams finished match 8 winners , 29 unforced errors, mugurza s 12 winners , 18 unforced errors.
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