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Serena Williams to play in the first French Open night-session match as her fellow veteran Roger Federer disappoints the odds at Roland Garros. The 39-year-old Serena will again look to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles but arrives in Paris with losing two of her three matches on clay so far this season.
A few months back Noami Osaka defeated her in the Australian Open Semi-finals in February while the sixth time Williams has reached at least the last four of a major since her last Slam success in Melbourne four years ago. She will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu on Monday evening under the lights on Court Philippe Chatrier along with the scene of her only first-round major exit against Virginie Razzano in 2012.
On the other hand, Roger Federer said after losing to Pablo Andujar in Geneva 11 days ago that when the players played so little and they know where their level is at and how can he think of winning the French open? He further said that he is realistic and he knows that he would not win the French Open and whoever thought that he would or could win were taking it in the wrong direction of expectations.