{"id":7335,"date":"2018-05-30T09:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=7335"},"modified":"2018-05-30T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:18:16","slug":"serena-williams-makes-winning-start-at-the-2018-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/serena-williams-makes-winning-start-at-the-2018-french-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Makes Winning Start at the 2018 French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SerenaThe fact that Serena Williams<\/strong> has won her first round at the 2018 French Open Championships at Roland Garros<\/a> should not be making headlines considering Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles<\/strong> and is one of the great female players to have ever played the game.<\/p>\n

However, Williams is making headlines because she is returning to her first Grand Slam tournament after a 16 month break. Williams who was at the top of her game had to take a break to give birth to her first child Olympia and returned to Roland Garros unseeded<\/a> which caused a lot of controversy as many felt that Williams should have received an exception due to her past performances at Roland Garros and be seeded.<\/p>\n

Williams came out firing against Kristyna Pliskova<\/strong> who is ranked 70 and won convincingly 7-6 (4), 6-4<\/em>. The 36 year old America pro looked fit in a black body suit and sent down 13 aces and broke Pliskova\u2019s serve thrice.<\/p>\n

Pliskova did put up a fight though and sent down more aces than Williams. She fired 15 aces but that wasn\u2019t good enough to keep Serena Williams<\/a> from getting the better of her. Williams was happy that she had a good first match and is looking forward to establishing herself and taking back her crown as the best female tennis player in the world.<\/p>\n

Roland Garros<\/strong><\/p>\n

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