Serena Williams : Will She Be Ready to Compete at the French Open?

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Published: March 7, 2011

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Although Serena Williams recently suffered a pulmonary embolism, there's a good chance the former world number one will be ready to compete at the Grand Slam on the clay court in France twelve weeks from now.

According to the tennis star’s doctors, the condition was caught early and successful treatment was under way, which means the American star need more time to rest in order to be back to a competitive level.

I have never heard of this sort of thing happening to a top athlete, but there's a lot of her life you've never heard about. If they ever make film of her life, it would be amazing.

When I first heard about what happened last week, I wondered if that was the end of her tennis career. And now she's talking about coming back for Roland Garros.

It's typical Serena, who has overcome so many hurdles in her lifetime. Don't rule her out.

But I must say I raised my eyebrows when I saw that reaction.

Only the medics really know, but even if this hadn't happened, with the amount of time she's been off court, any normal tennis player would have taken a long time to get back to their best.

Justine Henin for example, before her retirement announcement, was talking about it being this summer before she'd be back to her best after that elbow injury. That's eight or nine months that she was giving herself before expecting to get back to full form.

Maria Sharapova is still struggling a lot with her serve, while she returned to the WTA Tour after not having played for nine months due to a shoulder surgery.

Remember that the Russian returned to the competition a little more than two years ago.

Of course, Serena's not normal.

We've seen her, many times in her career, take long breaks and then come back, even sometimes when she's been carrying a few extra kilos.

There was one Australian Open a few years back, in 2007, when during the f...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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