The American and world No.1 tennis player, Serena Williams, successfully solved her first match of the second Grand Slam of the season, Roland Garros, after winning in straight sets to Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele.

The 12th time Grand Slam winner, had some trouble to beat the world No. 76 Voegele, who gave a good fight but lost after the great performance of Williams who took won by 7-6 (2), 6-2.

In her attempt to win this Grand Slam, Serena was momentarily shocked by Voegle’s frenzied and aggressive attacks, especially from her forehand side shots. In the long run, the world No.1 rediscovered her strong serve and consistently controlled the rest of the match from the backcourt.

The top seed, who is looking for her second Roland Garros title after winning the trophy in 2002, has struggled with injuries since her Australian Open title in January. She was hoping for a great match and the victory to advance to the next round. Serena has never lost in the first round of a Grand Slam.

This year’s debut in central Philippe Chatrier was not the smoothest. The American player suffered more than expected. During the first set, the Swiss was the better player for the most part. She had great forehand shots giving Serena Williams a difficult time. Williams struggled to find her game because of the aggressiveness of the 20 year-old. However, the experienced American stepped up her game when it mattered in the tie-break and won the first set 7-6(7-2).

In the second set Williams stayed in her game with successive break points over the Swiss. After she improved her game and confidence, the Swiss couldn’t respond to the great shots of the American and Voegele lost at ease in the second set 6-2.

At the end of the match, Serena Williams stated she was shocked about Voegele’s performance and gave credit to the young player’s effort. But she also said she was happy do get the triumph after a not so good performance.

“I definitely didn’t feel good about it. I’m doing so well in practice, and it just didn’t work for me today. So with that being said, I’m happy to win and just go on to the next round,” said Serena Williams.

Also the American alleged that despite not participating in the tournaments in the season due to injuries she is focused on the Grand Slams and not in what people said inside and outside the WTA circuit.

“It’s always something, you know. If you’re winning Slams, you don’t care about the other ones. If you win the other ones, then you can’t win Grand Slams. It’s a win-win or lose-lose situation. I don’t really care or really listen or really it doesn’t really matter to me what someone else is saying because they’re not out there physically playing every week, you know, for 20-something years,” expressed the world No.1.

With this victory, now the American will face the German Julia Georges in the next round. Georges beat Hungarian Melinda Czink with a score of 6-2 6-3.

The current WTA world No.1 and champion in Paris in 2002 has a main objective: the trophy on June 5. The American has won four of the last six Grand Slam titles.

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