Serena Williams dropped her first clay-court match of 2021 in straight sets to Argentina's Nadia Podoroska.
Serena Williams will make her comeback on clay in Rome in mid-May to prepare for Roland Garros, where she will have another chance to equal Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand Slam titles. To achieve that goal, she will have to take a psychological step, according to coach Patrick Mouratoglou, who believes that the repeated failures of his player in recent slam finals are 'an additional adversary'.