OT: Venus on NBC in French opener now

[wire chief]

Early in set one.

 

[DaddyChoc]

thank you Sir... looks like she's going to lose the 1st set

 

[DaddyChoc]

great 2nd set... but in a battle for the 3rd

 

[wire chief]

Venus earns the 2nd round. Her opponent, despite winning set one, did not score one point on her 2nd serve. Sounds rare.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Serena is on right now... Tennis Network. She's down 2-1 in the 1st set

 

[VAMike23]

Serena is on right now... Tennis Network. She's down 2-1 in the 1st set

On serve? or down a break?



Oh <whew> she won the 1st set 6-4......

 

[DaddyChoc]

On serve? or down a break?



Oh <whew> she won the 1st set 6-4......

was down a break... but rallied

 

[DaddyChoc]

up 5-1 in a 2nd set tiebreak, Serena loses... on to the 3rd set

 

[Goodies07]

Headed to a 3rd

 

[DaddyChoc]

love-3 Serena is down in the 3rd set

 

[Goodies07]

Was down 0-5. Now 2-5. Serena on serve

 

[VAMike23]

?!@?@!$@?!%@! !%*??@!?@?#?!@&*%$*%?^?!!

 

[DaddyChoc]

Was down 0-5. Now 2-5. Serena on serve

its over, 6-3 down goes Serena in the 3rd... all types of 1st for Serena (1st rd, unranked etc)

 

[DaddyChoc]

saved a lot of match points but could get back on serve...

 

[Goodies07]

She dug way too deep a hole with that 0-5 start. Did a great job of putting pressure on Razzano (sp?) but couldn't pull out the break she needed. Major props to Razzano though, who played a hell of a match. This was Serena's first opening round loss in a major ever.

 

[EricLA]

i'm not sure what happened to her, but up 5-1 in the 2nd set only to lose 7-6 in a tie breaker, then do go down 5-0 in the 3rd set, i guess she never really got her act together. lack of will? histrionics? talk about a meltdown of gargantuan proportions.

 

[wallman]

We were 10 and 0, quite shocked that it was Serena who lost in the first round.