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Serena Williams vs. Magdalena Rybarikova: Score, Reaction from 2016 French Open
- Updated: May 24, 2016
As expected, top overall seed Serena Williams cruised in her first-round matchup against Magdalena Rybarikova at the French Open, winning 6-2, 6-0 on Tuesday.
Williams needed just 42 minutes to defeat Rybarikova, according to Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times, while improving to 62-1 in her career in Grand Slam opening-round matches.
Williams was broken just once in the match while winning 87.5 percent of her first-serve points and 71.4 percent of her second-serve points, per RolandGarros.com. She also blasted 25 winners to just five unforced errors, while Rybarikova made 18 unforced errors in the short match, including five double-faults.
And then Williams put on another performance, addressing the Roland Garros crowd in French, according to the Associated Press (via the Washington Post):
The American Francophile’s French, while improving year by year, still requires a little work. Williams told the Paris crowd in its native language she was “very concentrated” for the first …
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