FIRST WORD
Serena clearly came back too early.”
Patrick Mouratoglou, coach of Serena Williams, on the tennis star returning to competition too soon after her pregnancy. But he believes the premature comeback provided a wake-up call to help her prepare for the French Open next week. Williams gave birth in early September by an emergency C-section and told media outlets she almost died as a result of a pulmonary embolism. She returned to the court in December before building up her stamina in 2018 tournaments.