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"I feel like a warrior wearing it, a queen from Wakanda [a reference to the Black Panther movie] maybe", she said.

According to BBC, speaking to reporters after her 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Kristyna Pliskova, Williams said the suit made her feel like a superhero.

Barty needed just 64 minutes to live up to her first-time seeding at Roland Garros, while also showing no signs of the back problem that had her in doubt for the clay-court major.

She gave birth on September 1, then dealt with complications related to a pulmonary embolism.

Serena Williams made a fashion statement as she returned to grand slam tennis in a black body suit. She said, "The truth is I miss my body, being able to do other kinds of fantastic things".

In addition to showing off her insanely fit physique, the full-length black bodysuit is created to help protect against blood cots and serve up (no pun intended) serious superhero vibes. "I'm always living in a fantasy world, I've always wanted to be a superhero and it's kind of my way of being a superhero". In 2016, Nadal withdrew with an injured left wrist after a pair of easy victories, then claimed every set he played past year en route to the trophy.

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For all that has changed during her time away from Grand Slam tennis, so much seemed familiar on Tuesday.

"I did everything possible with my team to get us in a position to be able to play today. It just kind of expands that, and I really, really embrace it".

"So it will be a really good, another good show for me". "Well, first and foremost, you have to get your core back, which is hard, because it literally spreads when you have a baby", said the 36-year-old, who is bidding to win a 24th major trophy to draw level with Margaret Court's all-time record.

An error-strewn game from Serena saw her broken at 3-3, but she broke right back and held to love consolidating at 5-3. Dads are too, but I actually breast fed for a really, really, really long time, and so I just had this real connection with my daughter.

Although the tennis star had a relatively smooth pregnancy - that included an Australian Open win - her daughter's birth wasn't without complications. That didn't stop her from crushing her competitor, who's now ranked at No. 70 in the world. "Yeah, so I think there are definitely some differences, but there is a lot of similarities, as well".

The singles victor between Barty and Williams will play either German 12th seed Julia Goerges or Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck on Saturday for a place in the last 16. "She's my priority, and I work everything around her".