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\"Then everything was fine for the first, like, you know, eight to 12 hours,\" she said. \"Then it was after that things started going crazy.\"

Williams said at the time she was still in the process of fully recovering from the medical ordeal, adding that \"it hasn't been easy for me.\"

Williams' coach said in an interview published May 14, before the seedings were announced, that Williams, who recently attended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding, has been training very hard.

Seeing us off. Flying baby style! @olympiaohanian

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“She is improving in all the areas fast. I am very satisfied and confident that she will be ready for Roland Garros,\" Patrick Mouratoglou said in an interview for the WTA's website.

\"Serena will play the French Open to win it,\" he said. \"Can she do it? Serena can achieve anything -- after being her coach for six years, I'm even more sure of that statement.\"

The French Open draw will be made on Thursday. The tournament starts next Sunday.

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