Williams has not won a Major since returning to tennis after the birth of her daughter, although she is still going deep in tournaments.
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Serena Williams is likely to go into Wimbledon without playing a warm-up event because she is still injured, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou, has told Reuters.
Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou had written off her chances of winning this year’s French Open even before she lost to fellow American Sofia Kenin in the third round on Saturday.
Serena Williams is ready to win her first Grand Slam title as a mother, having arrived at the Australian Open in her best condition since coming back from maternity leave, according to her coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
The Frenchman insists that coaching goes on all the time at tournaments and to believe otherwise is “hypocrisy”
His attempts led to the player’s explosive row with the umpire and a code violation en route to defeat.
The move is geared towards ending code violation at the Australian Open, following the controversy that led to Serena Williams’ outburst during the US Open final.
Ranked 183 after just three tournaments back, the seven-time champion will go into Wimbledon as the 25th seed, the seeding committee having deviated from the WTA ranking list, an exception because she is coming back after maternity leave.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion only returned to professional tennis in February following pregnancy induced problems and will not be seeded for the major tournament.
But then Serena Williams, the 23-times Grand Slam singles champion, has never been one to take too much notice of convention
After she withdrew from events in Rome and Madrid, Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, said Monday that Williams will be at Roland Garros in a bid for her record 24th major championship.
But Mouratoglou also believes the American can get back to her best in time for the French Open.
Williams, who won her 23rd Grand Slam title at last year’s Australian Open before going on maternity leave, pulled out of this year’s tournament in Melbourne.