Kleybanova Defeats Williams at Madrid Open
May 12, 2009 by Julie Bonner
Filed under Tennis
On Tuesday (May 12) No. 3 Serena Williams was defeated by Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. The match took 2 hours and 12 minutes. Serena’s sister Venus was watching from the sideline after stopping her match on Monday due to a knee injury. This was not a good tournament for the Williams sisters.
Serena was really struggling through this match and Kleybanova lead early in the match.
“I felt like she won by just being aggressive from both sides (of the court),” Williams said. “Against me she had to go for everything and make everything. All her balls landed in today.”
What did Serena have to offer her fans? “See you next year” was all she could say.
In other women’s tennis news, Jelena Jankovic defeated Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2.
Source: Miami Herald
Image Credit: Bauer Griffin
