Serena Williams feel that she could have played much better in her fourth round loss against Ekaterina Makraova on MondayYou can watch and bet on the action from the Australian Open live for free at bet365 > live tennisAfter losing 6-2, 6-3 to Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova, Serena Williams was unsurprisingly miffed about the way that she’d played. The five-time champion had been considered one of the main contenders here, and despite the fact that she was dealing with an ankle injury, was expected to smoothly progress through the fourth round.
“I think she played really well. She went for broke on a lot of her shots. I made 37 errors. That kind of tells the story of the match,” said Williams, clearly disappointed with her performance.
“Yeah, I served like a? - I guess that's not appropriate. I served, I don't know. I can't even describe how I served, to be honest. It wasn't good, though. My lefty serve is actually better than that. Maybe I should have started serving lefty.”
The American didn’t want to blame her injury for the loss, but revealed that she would not have played with her current injury had she not been at a slam event. “You know what, I never blame any injury that I have because I feel like she played really well and she deserved the win today.”
“I look forward to our next match. I feel like I definitely can play so much better. And that's good. Like if I felt like I couldn't play better, then that would be a problem. I always think about things that I can do better next time around. That's usually how I kind of respond. I'm thinking already about practicing as soon as tomorrow, you know, trying to figure? I can just think of a hundred things I can do. So, like I said, it's a good thing I'm in that position as opposed to saying I couldn't do any better.”
