The World No. 1 was seen by the tournament doctor twice and appeared to be given a fruit bar — her coach Patrick Mouratoglou told reporters she was dizzy; Williams said she’d suffered from food poisoning a “few days ago” — but even an under-the-weather Williams can win grand slams.
Remember last year’s French Open? Williams triumphed despite being sick for most of the second week.
Indeed, the way Williams dispatched a surely crestfallen Sharapova, all signs point to the American landing in Saturday’s finale, perhaps against the surging Victoria Azarenka.
Ominously for her rivals, Mouratoglou said Williams’ level this year in the infancy of the campaign is better than in 2015, when she won three majors and came within two victories of achieving the rare calendar year grand slam.
“I don’t think last year she had a big year in terms of level of play,” Mouratoglou told a pair of reporters. “She had a big year in terms of results. But there were very few matches where I was satisfied.
“She won through her qualities, her competitiveness, with her confidence, serve
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