Serena Williams put in an impressive display on Friday to qualify for the French Open fourth-round with a chance at entering the history books on the horizon.
The 39-year-old defeated fellow American Danielle Collins 6-4 6-4 on Court Philippe Chatrier, as the women's draw opened up with some high-seed, early-round knockouts already. After No. 3 seed Aryna Sabalenka was upset early Friday by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Williams became one of just four Top 10 seeds left in the women's draw. "That felt really good for me," Williams said afterwards in her post-match press conference."Things were not going my way.
Falling into that deficit seemed to wake up Williams, as she won five straight games to qualify for the fourth-round in Paris for the 13th time."It was a bit disappointing after being up 4-1," Collins said afterwards."I think Serena played some really great tennis to come back. I don't think I played my best in those moments. I just have to try to learn from it, hopefully do better next time and be able to close out the set.
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