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Williams confident heading into final

By Matt Wilansky
ESPN.com

Friday, January 26, 2007

When Serena Williams stepped onto the court for her first-round match at the Australian Open, she was visibly overweight and seemingly unprepared. Expectations had hit a low point, and rightfully so, for a player who dominated the women's circuit not so long ago. The effects of a chronic knee injury limited Williams to only 16 matches in 2006. Her world ranking plummeted to No. 140, her lowest since 1997. And for the first time in six years, she failed to reach a Grand Slam final. That's all ...

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