Tennis-'I can't control God': Venus fumes after heavy winds force time violation

[ASFN Admin]

After taking the first set 7-5 despite being 5-2 down, 40-year-old Williams was losing her grip on the match when heavy winds forced her to take her time on serve, resulting in the time violation and a confrontation with the chair umpire. "I can't control God," Williams told the chair umpire after going 4-1 down in the second set. Williams lost her momentum as her unforced errors count continued to rise and a brief resurgence in the decider failed to prevent Schmiedlova from sealing her fourth consecutive victory over the American after two hours and 39 minutes.

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