Serena Sails Into Quarterfinals After Defeating Shahar Peer
to reach the quarterfinals of the 2010 French Open.
Williams advanced easily, looking shaky only after her fourth-round victory, when she tried to speak French to the crowd.
“I get so nervous,” she told the interviewer with a giggle in English when she was done. Otherwise, she advanced smoothly to the quarterfinals.
“I seem to always be able to turn it up during this particular stage,” Williams said. “Hopefully I turn it up again.”
She complained of dizziness from a cold following a seesaw three-set win in her previous match, but the only wobble against the No. 18-seeded Peer came at the start. Williams lost the first seven points, then swept nine in a row.
From 2-all, Williams won five consecutive games to take charge of the match.
Afterward, she was interviewed courtside by former French player Cedric Pioline.
“I love Paris,” she told the crowd in French. “My game is better. I hope I’m going to win.”
Stosur’s win spoiled the prospect of a showdown between longtime rivals Williams and Henin. Instead, Williams will meet Stosur.
“You can never underestimate anyone, and Sam is actually a wonderful clay-court player,” Williams said. “She’s someone you can’t overlook.”
On another chilly, cloudy, windy afternoon, center court was half empty for the start of Williams vs. Peer.
It didn’t last long: Williams hit six aces, broke six times and won in just over an hour.
Serena’s sister Venus, eliminated Sunday, watched from the stands. She did not wear a corset.
Peer fell to 0-10 against the Williams sisters, including 0-5 versus Serena. Peer is 4-22 against top-five opponents.
Serena is bidding for her 13th Grand Slam championship, and her second this year. Her lone French Open title came in 2002.
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