Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E rua nga toa o te French Open a Serena Williams i kii ko tana pakanga ki te patu i a Sara Errani i te Fed Cup i te Ratapu he tino 'tuwhera kanohi' i te wa e kaha haere ana te waa oneone. I te mutunga ka wikitoria a Williams No. 1 o te Ao 4-6 7-6 ((3) 6-3 ki te Itari pakeke ki te tango i tana rekoata mahi ki a ia ki te 8-0 engari kaore i tino miharo te Amerikana. I whiua te US 3-2 i te wa i whiua ai a Williams me Alison Riske 6-0 6-3 i roto i te rapa takirua e Errani me Flavia Pennetta, ko te tikanga i heke atu ratou ki te Roopu Ao II. I whawhai te whetu tēnehi o Amerika a Serena Williams ki te patu i te Itariana a Sara Errani i te whiringa toa o te Fed Cup i te Ratapu. Na te kaha o te āhuarangi i uaua ai ngā kaitākaro e rua i a rāua e huri haere ana i a rāua mahi. I whakawehi a Errani i a Williams engari i te mutunga ka nui rawa te mana o te ao No. 1. 'He mea nui te whakatuwheratanga kanohi i tenei ra,' i kii a Williams i muri mai. 'Kāore au i tino rite mō te wā papa oneone i taku i whakaaro ai. Inaianei kei roto ahau i te hinengaro o, "E mohio ana koe, kaore au i runga i te marae pakeke". Kei te tākaro au me te mea kei runga au i te marae pakeke, ā, kāore. 'Na me tākaro ahau, kia rite hoki ki te patu i te mano o ngā piro mēnā e tika ana.' I toa a Williams, 33, i tana 19th Grand Slam takitahi i te Ahitereiria Open me tana mana kua whakaarahia e ia nga korero mo ia e kii ana i nga rangatira katoa i tenei tau. Ko te French Open te mea iti rawa i angitu i roto i te wha ahakoa te kii i te taitara i Paris i te 2002 me te 2013. Ko tana hinganga takirua i te Ratapu i whakakore i te rekoata Fed Cup kore-kore, a ka waiho te US ki te whawhai ki te hoki mai ki waenga i nga iwi rangatira i te tau e whai ake nei. 'Me kaha ake ta tatou mahi,' i kii te rangatira o US a Mary Joe Fernandez. 'Kua tata mai mātou i tēnei rā, ā, me haere tonu te mahi. 'Ko te rongo pai, he maha a mātou kaitākaro kei roto i te 100 o runga, ā, ko te tūmanako, ka taea e mātou te wikitōria e rua i te tau e whai ake nei, ā, ka hoki mai ki te Rōpū o te Ao.' Kei te mihi a Williams ki te rangatira o Itari a Corrado Barazzutti i muri i tana whakataetae i te hinganga o Amerika.
I kaha a Serena Williams ki te patu i a Sara Errani i te tukinga o te Fed Cup. I te mutunga ka hinga a Williams i a Errani 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3. I hinga a Williams i te tukinga takirua i te taha o Alison Riske 6-0 6-3.