Serena Williams overcame a big deficit to reach the French Open final by beating 23rd-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland.
One victory from her third French Open championship and 20th major title overall, Williams faces Lucie Safarova in Saturday’s final.
With the temperature nearing 30 degrees celsius on the hottest day of the tournament, Williams walked ever so slowly to changeovers, where even lowering herself to sit down seemed to be difficult.
Her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, acknowledged during a mid-match TV interview that the top-ranked Williams has been sick recently.
Trailing by a set and a break in the second, Williams won the final 10 games.
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