⁍ Venus Williams loses 6-4 6-4 to Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
⁍ The American has now fallen in the opening round at the French Open for the past three years.
⁍ Williams, playing her 87th Grand Slam, also lost in the first round at the U.S Open.
– For the second year in a row, Venus Williams has gone down in the first round of the French Open. The 40-year-old American, who lost in the second round of last year’s tournament, was beaten by Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday, Reuters reports. It is the second straight Grand Slam failure for Williams, who also lost in the first round at the US Open last year.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-williams/venus-williams-slumps-to-opening-defeat-in-paris-idUSKBN26I0O3