Williams was no match for her opponent Jarmila Groth, as the American won with a score of 62 61.
"Today I thought I played pretty well. I knew she was going to be tough, so I was like, 'Okay, I have to be ready,'" Williams said. "For me there's always room for improvement though. I think I could have returned better and come to the net a little more. It's exciting to think I can do better."
Sharapova faced Gisela Dulko on Day 3 at London. After Dulko was leading 62 3-0, Sharapova gained her confidence and came back to win the second set. The third set was a battle for both players, but Dulko came out on top and won the match with a score of 62 36 64.
"I was very nervous at the end. The last game felt like forever for me. But it was very important to finish it in that moment. If it got to 5-all, with her serve, it would be like everything was starting again, and I didn't want that to happen. I was very relieved after that game," Dulko said. "But she's coming back from a big injury and it's better to play her now than in the past or in the future. She's a very tough opponent, especially here on grass. She's a great fighter."
"It took me a while to get going. It's a little too late to start picking yourself up when you're down a set and 3-0," Sharapova, who won this title in 2004, said. "I'm not going to take anything away from how she played, though. She played really smart tactically. For a set and a half she had a lot of variety in her game. I started getting onto that and my shots didn't allow her to do that anymore, but then I took a little bit off the ball. I just didn't do it today. I don't know why."
Other top seeded winners of the day included Elena Dementieva, Vera Zvonareva, Victoria Azarenka and Nadia Petrova.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Singles - Second Round
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. Jarmila Groth (AUS) 62 61
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 61 63
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 61 63
(8) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) 60 60
(10) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 63 62
(12) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 75 61
(14) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 62 64
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (16) Zheng Jie (CHN) 63 75
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (24) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 62 36 64
(26) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 63 60
(Q) Regina Kulikova (RUS) d. (27) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 06 64 61
(28) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Sania Mirza (IND) 64 64
Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (31) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 64 76
(6)Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 63 64
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. (Q) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 76(5) 63
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. (WC) Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR)76(2) 76(4)
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