Serena Williams will this week play her first match since her Australian Open semifinal exit in February but the American does not feel unprepared for the WTA 1000 event having had enough practice before arriving in Rome.
The 39-year-old said she felt “pretty fresh” ahead of the claycourt swing as she prepares for the French Open, which starts at the end of May.
“I trained for the past two-and-a-half weeks at Patrick’s (coach Mouratoglou’s) academy, and then training a lot on the clay in the United States with team members,” she told reporters in Rome on Monday.
“So we had an intense, several weeks of training, very intense.
“I feel good. I’m in Rome. I’m going to have so…
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