PARIS: Serena Williams will be part of history again on Monday when she plays in the first French Open night-session match, while her fellow veteran Roger Federer also starts his bid to upset the odds at Roland Garros.
The 39-year-old Williams is again looking to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles, but arrives in Paris having lost two of her three matches on clay so far this season.
She was beaten by eventual champion Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open semi-finals in February, the sixth time she has reached at least the last four of a major since her last Slam success in Melbourne four years ago.
Williams will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu on Monday evening under the lights on Court Philippe Chatrier –…
