What Serena Williams’ Wimbledon Loss to Alize Cornet Means for US Open

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Published: June 28, 2014

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Serena Williams will head into the season's final Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, without a title in one of the first three for just the second time since 2011. That's because she was eliminated from Wimbledon by Alize Cornet in the third round.

BBC Breaking News noted her exit from the event at the All England Club:



ESPN Tennis puts the loss into perspective:



Expectations were sky high for Williams coming into the tournament. Certainly the early exit wasn't what she had envisioned, given the dominance she's put on display at this tournament in the past.

She's had a tendency throughout her career to bounce back in a huge way after an early exit at one of tennis' main showcases. In 2012, she was eliminated in the first round of the French Open before proceeding to win her fifth Wimbledon title.

This year she was knocked out in the second round in Paris by Garbine Muguruza. After the shockingly lopsided loss, the Agence France-Presse (via NDTV Sports) passed along comments from the American about getting back into top form:

"I'm going to go home and work five times as hard to make sure I never lose again," she said. "If I couldn't play better I would be even more disappointed. But I know I can, so I know I have something to look forward to."

Given her success at the All England Club and the fact she's the top player on the WTA Tour when at her best, she started the tournament as the clear favorite.

She even showed up to Wimbledon a week early to work on her backhand, which was one of the areas that let her down in the French Open:



Ultimately, things clearly didn't work out as expected for Williams. She fell short in her attempt to add another Wimbledon title to her already stacked trophy case. And now she's just the U.S. Open away from finishing the season without a major title.



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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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