Williams' departure makes a wide-open women’s draw even more so. As it was, defending champion Simona Halep and four-time major champ Naomi Osaka withdrew before the tournament started.
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On the men's side, eight-time champion Roger Federer faces Adrian Mannarino and has won all six of their previous matches.
The 39-year-old Williams has won four gold medals at past Summer Games for the United States.
Wimbledon was cancelled last year for the first time since 1945 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Serena Williams out of French Open after straight sets defeat by Rybakina · American loses 6-3, 7-5 against Elena Rybakina in Paris.
Serena Williams fell to 21-year-old Elena Rybakina in straight sets in the fourth round.
The seventh-seeded Williams takes on 21st-seeded Elena Rybakina, who has never been in the fourth round before at a major and faces three-time French Open winner Williams for the first time.
After seven days of breathtaking action on la terre batteu, 32 players, on either side of the singles tournament await their fate as round of 16 begins from Sunday evening
Serena Williams is playing in the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament for the 64th time. Elena Rybakina is making her debut at that stage of a major.
Serena Williams faces a dangerous opponent in her third-round match: fellow American Danielle Collins, who reached the quarterfinals in the tournament last September before losing to Sofia Kenin
Williams got back to the third round at Roland Garros by pulling away to beat 174th-ranked Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.
Serena Williams will try to get back to the third round at Roland Garros a year after she withdrew from the tournament before her second match because of an injured left Achilles.
Federer, the oldest player in men's singles this year, is scheduled for the third match on Court Philippe Chatrier. It will the first Grand Slam match since the 2020 Australian Open
Preparing to return at this week's Italian Open to gear up for Roland Garros later this month, Williams on Monday detailed her recent training regimen.
In another interesting quarter-final match-up, No. 1 seed from Australia, Ashleigh Barty could face Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of the Stuttgart and Madrid Open finals.
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer announced earlier they would withdraw from the tournament.
The Seven-time Formula One champion said that he is only proud of Serena, who fought on the day like a champion she always is.
The defeat to Naomi Osaka in semi-final ended her bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title and her second consecutive semi-final exit in a major tournament.
The World No. 3 Japanese makes a light work of the 23-time Grand Slam-winning veteran in a one-sided semi-final 6-3, 6-4.
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