Serena Williams (l-r) Monday and Tuesday in Rome
Well, there’s really not a whole lot to be said here – American Serena Williams came to Rome, re-crowned herself the “real” world no. 1 and found herself on the losing end of a clay-court smackdown – it’s all in the game.
In case you missed it, which I highly doubt, during her press conference on Monday at the Internazionali BNL D’Italia Serena stated, “We all know who the real No. 1 is. Quite frankly, I’m the best in the world.”
I still don’t have any trouble with that statement even after Tuesday’s loss. The problem is, when you trash talk before a game, it always looks better if you win … then the trash talking isn’t quite so trashy.
Swiss Miss Patty Schnyder took her clay-court game to Serena with much less fanfare prior to the match and defeated her 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.
Although Serena made no mention of her recent injury, she was either still hampered by it, or she’s really got to get her clay-court legs together.
Photos by foto Costantini
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