adminFresh off her fifth Wimbledon triumph, Williams is eager to defend the Stanford Classic title she won in 2011 that signalled her return after missing nearly a year recovering from serious health problems.
The triumph, which came on the heels of a last-16 loss at that year’s Wimbledon, was part of an 18-match win streak that lasted until the U.S. Open final, where she fell to Australian Samantha Stosur.
“This is the place that spurred me on last year,” Williams, who missed nearly a year of competition after dealing with a cut foot and blood clot in her the lungs, said on Tuesday.
“I had a great summer, and that propelled me with getting a lot of confidence and so that really helped, I definitely wanted to come back and try to redo that, but maybe do 19 straight (wins) this time.”
Williams not only picked up her 14th grand slam singles title at Wimbledon last Saturday, but she also won her 13th grand slam doubles title with her older sister, Venus. She then flew to California on Monday but was so jet lagged that she woke up at 3:30am PDT (1030 GMT) on Tuesday and began tweeting. — SuperTennis.
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