Five-time champ Serena Williams loses in Open for first time since 2008

Serena Williams lost at the Australian Open for the first time since 2008, struggling with her serve and hitting too many unforced errors in a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Ekaterina Makarova on Monday.

[Rick]

The Aussie Open will be the better with Serena gone. If she is losing we all wait for the excuses to come rolling out. First a subtle hint about her poor foot(if you're not fit don't play), then the heat(wanted to let you know she felt it but toughed it out), oh my a bug landed on her shoulder (relevence please, she flubbed an overhead(one bad stroke did not cause a defeat), so its the rust she has been complaining about for the past year (really?). If she has become interested in other things and is not in shape, it would be better to not enter a tournament and make way for the players who still love tennis. It is pitiful to see champions whineon the decline. She should win another tournament or two and she has had an exceptional career.

[john]

Rick wrote:

The Aussie Open will be the better with Serena gone. If she is losing we all wait for the excuses to come rolling out. First a subtle hint about her poor foot(if you're not fit don't play), then the heat(wanted to let you know she felt it but toughed it out), oh my a bug landed on her shoulder (relevence please, she flubbed an overhead(one bad stroke did not cause a defeat), so its the rust she has been complaining about for the past year (really?). If she has become interested in other things and is not in shape, it would be better to not enter a tournament and make way for the players who still love tennis. It is pitiful to see champions whineon the decline. She should win another tournament or two and she has had an exceptional career.

so who should represent the USA ? Until then be quiet racist pig!

[Booty Booger]

i bes so glad when my baby Serena gets her shit together and plays dem white girls!! Just ax me if she is best? she could have knocked out Joe Frazier!!! i bes a racist also!!!