Serena Williams gets reporter to apologize for these remarks

The 2017 Australian Open is the 105th edition of the tournament.

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And Britain’s Jo Konta, riding high after her victory at last week’s Sydney International, beat experienced Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 7-5, 6-2 to reach the second round.

“Thank you very much”, Serena said.

The 22-time Grand Slam singles champion began her Australian Open campaign against former world number seven Belinda Bencic.

A six-time Australian Open champ, she lost last year’s final to Angelique Kerber and eventually surrendered her No. 1 ranking.

Australia’s often hot-headed Nick Kyrgios was uncharacteristically calm as he dismissed Gastao Elias 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, despite a nosebleed that halted him mid-match.

Bencic advanced to the fourth round at Melbourne Park past year.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I think that’s a very negative thing to say. “She’s done well here before”. “I played well in all the key points”. I make some simple mistakes in the second set, at the end of the second set. “I’m enjoying it, enjoying the moments and just trying to go as far as I can”.

“Right now I’ve got nothing to lose”.

She added: “I’ve never played Venus before so I don’t think I’ll have any pressure. It’s a big match.it’s what everyone’s working for”.

The No. 2-ranked Williams’ priority here is an Open era record 23rd major title. Ohanian then used his own Reddit account to respond to the post, writing, “And you made me the happiest man on the planet”.

Rafael Nadal continued his comeback from injury, cruising past Marcos Baghdatis in a straight sets 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 win in the final match of round two.

“But first round matches are always tough”.

Karolina Pliskova and Johanna Konta both made their Grand Slam breakthroughs past year, both prepared for the season’s first major with title runs in Australia and both advanced with straight sets wins.

“I don’t know anything about her”.

William’s greatness was not to be denied however, as she regained her composure and fought back accordingly to progress to the next stage of the competition, her next opponent in the form of Czech Lucie Safarova. Only Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Serena and Steffi Graf have won more. She’s a Wimbledon semifinalist (2013). She gave a clearer time frame for discussion on that. “That’s by no accident”. She won the subsequent two points to hold. Milos Raonic (3), Canada, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.