Patrick Mouratoglou reveals Serena Williams' next tournament
The 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams had made an impressive return into the top-10 last year despite a long break, playing just seven tournaments and reaching title matches at Wimbledon and the US Open. The American has competed in three tournaments so far in 2019, losing in the quarter-final at the Australian Open following that heartbreaking loss to Karolina Pliskova after squandering multiple match points. After beating Victoria Azarenka in a fantastic match at Indian Wells, Serena had to retire against Garbine Muguruza at the beginning of the second set, not feeling well and hoping for a better run in Miami where she won eight titles overall.
In the opening match, Serena struggled to beat Rebecca Peterson and decided to withdraw before the third round clash against Qiang Wang due to a knee injury, suffering another setback and drifting further and further away from the old form that made her the dominant figure on the Tour year after year. After a suitable rest, Serena will hit the court again in Rome between May 13-19, skipping Madrid Open to attend the 71st edition of Met Gala in New York on May 6, announced as a co-chair together with Lady Gaga, Harry Styles and Gucci’s Alessandro Michele.
The Met Gala is an annual fundraising gala for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City and it marks the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit. After that, Serena should travel to Europe and enter only the fourth WTA tournament on clay after 2015 and compete in the "eternal city" for the first time since 2016 when she defeated Madison Keys in the final. Serena made her debut in Rome 21 years ago, winning titles in 2002, 2013 (lost 14 games in five matches), 2014 and already mentioned 2016.
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