Serena Williams’ disappointing return to tennis continued when she misplaced in straight units to 68th-ranked Katerina Siniakova within the second spherical of the Emilia-Romagna Open on Tuesday.
Top-seeded Williams, who accepted a wild-card invitation for the Parma event after dropping her opening match on the Italian Open final week, was overwhelmed 7-6 (4), 6-2.
She had overwhelmed teenage qualifier Lisa Pigato 6-3, 6-2 within the earlier spherical for her first victory since defeating Simona Halep within the Australian Open quarterfinals in February. After a while off, Williams then misplaced in straight units in Rome to Nadia Podoroska.
Williams is getting ready for the French Open in Paris which begins on May 30.
Siniakova saved a set level at 5-4 down within the opening set and that appeared to offer the Czech participant confidence as after securing the tiebreak she pulled away within the second to win 16 of the final 18 factors.
The 39-year-old Williams racked up double faults beneath strain and Siniakova sealed the end result on her third match level when the American hit a forehand lengthy.
“It’s amazing, it means a lot to me,” Siniakova mentioned after the sixth Top 10 victory of her profession. “I played (an) amazing match. It shows me that I can play like this, I can play well. I just need to try be more focused every time and to stay calm and ready for every point. I will be really happy if I could keep it like this.”
Third-seeded Coco Gauff eradicated Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7) in a first-round match. Second-seeded Petra Martic additionally received her Parma marketing campaign off to a superb begin by beating Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 6-2.
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