PARIS, France – Defending champion Serena Williams fired out a warning shot that echoed around Roland Garros on Wednesday morning, swatting aside Elina Svitolina in straight sets.
The players had originally been due on court on Monday afternoon, only for the Paris weather to intervene. When they did finally make it onto Philippe Chatrier, Williams was clearly intent on making up for lost time, reeling off the first four games in the blink of an eye.
Svitolina did eventually get on the scoreboard but was unable to stem the tide for long, dropping the first set in under half an hour. The second set was almost as brief, the American wrapping up a 6-1, 6-1 victory to book a quarterfinal meeting with Yulia Putintseva or Carla Suárez Navarro.
Venus, meanwhile, lost to No. 8 seed Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-4, the Swiss player hitting her first ace of the match on match point. Bacsinszky and Bertens will face off, Bacsinszky having made the semifinals here a year ago, losing to Serena.
La Campeona defensora del abierto Frances Serena Williams salio arrolladora para eliminar a Elina Svitolina el miercoles temprano y avanzar a cuartos de final donde se medira a la ganadora entre Yulia Putintseva o Carla Suarez Navarro…
Inicialmente este partido estaba programado para el lunes, pero las condiciones del clima no lo permitieron…Entonces el miercoles Serena salio decidida a no perder mas tiempo y en solo 62 minutos dej0 en el camino a la preclasificada 18 y con parciales de 6-1 y 6-1…
Suerte diferente corrio su hermana Venus quien nu pudo con la numero 8, Timea Bacsinszky quien la supero con parciales de 6-2 y 6-4ç