beat romania s irina camelia begu. williams on the hunt for a record equalling 24th major title. it was a tough first set for the american though she eventually won the tie break to go one set up and never looked back as she cruised through the second set, winning 7 6, 6 2 under the lights. defending champion, iga swiatek celebrated her 20th birthday with victory over ka yuvan from slovenia. she s looking to become the first player in 14 years to successfully retain the women s title. the polish eighth seed beat her best friend on the tour 6 love , 7 5. you never know what is going to happen when you are coming out on the port as a defending champion. i have never been in a situation like that, so i am really glad i could handle that pretty well and just play tennis and play a normal match without having it in the back of my mind that i m defending a title. in the men s draw, cameron norrie s made a solid start
in french open history, but no fans were there sadly, because of the 9pm curfew in paris due to the pandemic they would have seen serena williams beat romania s irina camelia begu. williams on the hunt for a record equalling 24th major title. it was a tough first set for the american though she eventually won the tie break to go one set up and never looked back as she cruised through the second set, winning 7 6, 6 2 under the lights. defending champion, iga swiatek celebrated her 20th birthday with victory over ka yuvan from slovenia. she s looking to become the first player in ia years to successfully retain the women s title. the polish eighth seed beat her best friend on the tour 6 love , 7 5. you never know what is going to happen when you are coming out on a court as a defending champion. i have never been in a situation like that, so i am really glad i could handle that pretty well and just play tennis and play a normal match without having it in the back of my mind that i