Despite suffering her first loss 47 first-round matches at a major, Serena Williams says she is not devastated about her 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 defeat to Virginie Razzano at Roland Garros. Williams did tear up at the end of her press conference, but said that after suffering a pulmonary embolism last year that almost took her life, and seeing her sister Venus struggle with an autoimmune disease, things could be worse.

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"It's life," Serena said. "Things could be a lot worse. I haven't had the easiest past six months. Nothing I can't deal with. I'm not happy, by no means. I just always think things can be worse."