Tennis - WTA Premier 5 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 12, 2021 Serena Williams of the U.S. in action during her second round match against Argentina's Nadia Podoroska REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
ROME (Reuters) - Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th Tour-level match of her glittering career, suffered a shock 7-6(6) 7-5 defeat by Argentina's Nadia Podoroska in the the Italian Open second round on Wednesday.
Playing her first competitive match in nearly three months, the 23-times Grand Slam champion twice came back from a break down but struggled on her first serve as Podoroska took the opening set in the tiebreak.
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