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Serena Williams will not be travelling to Tokyo for the Olympic Games, the 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion said on Sunday without giving the reasons behind her decision. American Serena, who will turn 40 in September, won the singles title at the London Olympics in 2012 and she has also
Serena Williams' wait for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title goes on after the American was beaten 6-3, 7-5.
Japan's Kei Nishikori managed to scrape through with a brutal, four-hour, five-set win over Russia's Karen Khachanov, while Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas made light work of Spain's Pedro Martinez in a straight-sets victory.
Serena edged out Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(6), 6-2 in the first round.
Talking about her training schedule, Sindhu, who is a medal contender at the Tokyo Olympics in July, said that the mornings are reserved for warm-ups and match practice, while she does her running and physical training in the evening.
Defeat for Serena, who received an opening round bye in Rome, was a major blow to her preparations for the French Open, starting on May 30.
A native of Perumpilavu in Thrissur district, Jasif is the head of the racquet stringing section of Adler Sports, one of Dubai's top sporting goods and equipment dealers.
Serena had looked her sharpest in years at the tournament but 24 unforced errors cost her the Australian Open semifinal against Osaka.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Osaka will meet Jennifer Brady in the title match.
The 39-year-old American went toe-to-toe with the Romanian second seed over 80 engrossing minutes on Rod Laver Arena before she was finally able to move to within two victories of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.
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