Williams postponed her mandatory post-match press conference on Thursday in order to see a tournament doctor. "I'm actually not sure how I got through the match and when it was over I just kind of collapsed," Williams said in a statement released on Friday afternoon. "I couldn't move. I saw the tournament doctor on site and since I came home I've been resting." She did not return to Roland Garros on Friday for practice and says it's "some kind of flu" that she's hoping to sweat out.
"I need time and obviously don't have a lot of it but it helps that I can be at my apartment and have my family and friends with me," she said.
Will Serena be healthy enough to compete at a good level on Saturday? What has been clear throughout her two weeks in Paris is that she hasn't had to be her best at all. In four of her six matches she has started poorly, dropping the first set to No. 105 Anna-Lena Friedsam, Victoria Azarenka, Sloane Stephens and Bacsinszky. In each match she found her best level—or at least a good enough level—to finish strong and win in three sets. Her ability to turn these matches around (she was a set and a break down to both Azarenka and Bacsinszky) has astounded everyone, including her coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
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