The American champion, Serena Williams will be venturing into The Championships after her good run at Rolland Garros and grass court warm up tournament before Wimbledon. She with be playing Larcher De Brito from Portugal in the first round. Williams is seeded number 1 in the tournament and also stands at number 1 in the WTA rankings. Larcher De Brito is ranked at 148 in the WTA world rankings.

Serena had recorded one of the best victories in the game of tennis as she has quickly risen to a world ranking of 1 even after being dethroned by the likes of Safina, Henin and Venus in the previous years. Serena will be looking forward to her performance in this Grand Slam as she will try to win it one more time. Serena Williams has a good win/loss record this year which stands at 18/4. Alongside Larcher De Brito will be looking for more wins as her win/loss record is 8/11 this year.

Serena has won many of her memorable matches with perfect assistance from her aggressive and strategically placed deep ground strokes. Moreover Serena is known for her big serve and the determination with which she enters the court. She is surely expected to put the same determined effort into this match also. Larcher De Brito is a challenging young Portuguese talent and has the ability to be among the top thirty players of the world in the coming day. Serena and Larcher De Brito have met once before at Stanford in 2008 where Serena won in three sets with a score line of 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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