Serena Williams’ Biggest Threats to Second French Open Title

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Published: June 4, 2013

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Serena Williams has been dominant through the first four rounds of the 2013 French Open and it seems likely that she’ll cruise toward her second career title at Roland Garros.



Williams, the tournament’s No. 1 seed, has only lost 10 games in four matches thus far, which is remarkable. In her most recent victory over No. 15 seed Roberta Vinci in the fourth round, Williams barely broke a sweat.

No opponent to this point has been able to stay on the court for very long against Williams. She’s the clear-cut favorite to win the French Open and unless something unforeseen happens in the next couple of days, the title will be hers. But while she’s been great, there are a couple of tough opponents that stand in Williams’ way.

Here are a few players that Williams could face en route to winning it all at Roland Garros that won’t necessarily be able to defeat her, but will at least give her a run for her money.

 

Sara Errani, No. 5 Seed



As long as Williams takes down Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals—which she should do with ease—she’ll take on the winner of Agnieszka Radwanska, the No. 4 seed, and Sara Errani, the No. 5. I expect Errani, the better clay player, to be victorious.

Errani is looking to advance to the semifinals for the second straight year, losing in the French Open final against Maria Sharapova in 2012. Prior to last year, she had never made it past the second round at Roland Garros. She seems to have finally figured things out.

Errani won her first three matches in straight sets but was nearly eliminated in the fourth round after losing the first set to Carla Suarez Navarro. Errani, however, battled back and won the next two sets to advance to the quarterfinals.



Williams and Errani have squared off five times over the years and Serena has never fallen. Willi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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