Melbourne - Serena Williams encountered no significant obstacles in the first round of the Australian Open 2020.
The United States player won easily 6-0 6-3 over her opponent Anastasia Potopova on Monday (1/20/2020).
The difficulty was precisely faced by Williams when attending a press conference after the match.
Because on this occasion, reporters also wanted to know his response about the decision of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle who had just decided to get out of the members of the British empire.
They moved to Canada and are now ordinary people. The withdrawal of Harry and Markle also gave rise to the nickname Megxit (Meghan Exit) which was inspired by Brexit (British Exit).
Williams is known to be quite close to Markel. The 38-year-old woman is a big fan of Williams and routinely supports her when appearing at US Open or Wimbledon. However, the former world number one was reluctant to respond to questions about Markle and Prince Harry.
"I really don't want to comment anything about that," Williams was quoted as saying by Express.
"But a good effort. You have tried. You have done your best," he explained.
Williams himself hopes to provide the best in the Australian Open 2020 tournament. Because since giving birth, Williams has lost two finals, namely the US Open and Wimbledon.
At the Australian Open 2020, Williams has the opportunity to equal the record of 24 grand slams owned by the women's tennis legend, Margaret Court. "I think that was an important factor for my game, now it is more or less about how good Serena Williams can do," Serena Williams said.
"Margaret Court is amazing, a great champion. And now, how good is Serena Williams? There she is. That's what I've been thinking about in the last few weeks and months. It helps me relax."
Meanwhile, Williams also responded to the matter of the air police that were sweeping Melbourne, Australia. Thick smoke from forest and land fires (Karhutala) which has burned thousands of hectares and killed hundreds of millions of animals and livestock has not been extinguished until now.
Last week, several players who went through the qualifying round were angry at having to play under thick haze. But the situation began to improve in the last few days.
The air in the Australian Open 2020 arena has begun to clear. Visibility is also good enough. However, Williams is still worried about the health of those who are competing.
"Of course I am very concerned. I think that is changing every day. Every day the players are always monitoring the latest conditions. Yes, every day we wait for how good the air quality is."
