Serena’s big plan: ‘Bend it like Beckham’

“I’m going to be watching the matches…and I’ve been following Beckham since the World Cup in ’98.” The Williams family have not been without a Grand Slam title since 1998, putting added pressure on Serena. “I have to work really hard here,” she said. “People are here trying to thieve my title from me.

“I think anyone is a big threat to my title. If I get over-confident I could end up going home early and that is not something I want to do.”

Both Serena and elder sister Venus lost in the quarter-finals of the French Open last month and Serena is determined not to repeat that disappointment. (Reuters)