RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Defending champion Serena Williams ended a three-match losing streak against Frances Alize Cornet to keep her hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal alive Monday.But it was a rollercoaster 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 victory for the 34-year-old world number one who 24 hours earlier had suffered her first ever Olympic Games womens doubles loss with sister Venus.Cornet defeated the American star three times in 2014, including at Wimbledon, and proved to be a thorn in her opponents side again in Rio.Williams led 3-0 and had two points for a 4-0 advantage in the first set.But Cornet …read more
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