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Serena wants Murena mixed doubles team name

July 08, 2019
US player Serena Williams celebrates beating Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro during their women's singles fourth round match on the seventh day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Monday. — AFP
US player Serena Williams celebrates beating Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro during their women's singles fourth round match on the seventh day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Monday. — AFP

LONDON — Serena Williams is enthusiastic about her high-profile mixed doubles partnership with Andy Murray but she is not so sure about their name.

After the celebrity pair's first-round Wimbledon win over Andreas Mies and Alexa Guarachi last week, Murray tweeted: "Well that was fun... #SerAndy"

But Williams told reporters on Monday she was not sure about SerAndy: "I like Murena. My vote is still for Murena," she said

Williams is happy there is so much attention on the partnership at Wimbledon where Murray is a local hero after twice winning the men's title.

"It's great. I definitely have been really enjoying the mixed doubles, this pairing. Quite frankly, it's pretty cool. It's pretty awesome."

The 37-year-old American, who is still on course for her 24th Grand Slam singles title after beating Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals, said she was also pleased she had learned to avoid hitting the ball on the wrong side of the net.

She dropped a point against the Spaniard after leaning over to put away a volley. "I definitely didn't realize it was a rule," said Williams, who has been playing Grand Slam tennis for 21 years.

"I feel like I may have done that before like in doubles, so...I'm glad, because I don't want to make that mistake in our Murena doubles match."

The celebrity pair meet 14th seeds Fabrice Martin and Raquel Atawo in the mixed doubles second round. — Reuters


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