Paris — Serena Williams might well be "stressed and excited" at the prospect of her season clay debut at the French Open but she remains capable of winning the tournament, according to her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. Williams landed a 23rd Major at the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant, but Mouratoglou admitted that the US player, who lost early in Indian Wells and Miami in March and then withdrew from the Madrid and Rome tournaments earlier in May, returned to the WTA Tour too soon. Mouratoglou, however, said: "Serena will play the French Open to win it. "Can she do it? Serena can achieve anything. After being her coach for six years, I’m even more sure of that statement," he told wtatennis.com. "After her pregnancy, Serena had to rebuild her body. When she arrived at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy [in Nice], around April 30, we realised that she was not ready yet. The time she lost after the delivery with all the medical issues she had to go through, was missing. "That is the re...
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