Serena survives health scare to reach last 16
Sunday, 30 May 2010
PARIS, May 29 (AP): Serena Williams overcame a second-set slump and an apparent illness to beat 18-year-old Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 on Saturday and reach the fourth round of the French Open.
Williams lost five games in a row in the second set and then needed a trainer to come out during a changeover to check her temperature and give her pills before a third-set surge.
There was no prescription to help Andy Roddick, who lost to qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Roddick threw rackets and argued with the umpire, but the fits of temper failed to produce a turnaround against an opponent ranked 114th.
Williams lost five games in a row in the second set and then needed a trainer to come out during a changeover to check her temperature and give her pills before a third-set surge.
There was no prescription to help Andy Roddick, who lost to qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Roddick threw rackets and argued with the umpire, but the fits of temper failed to produce a turnaround against an opponent ranked 114th.