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Ill Serena Faces Race Against Time to Get Fit for Final

PARIS — Illness prevented Serena Williams from practicing on the eve of the French Open final and the world number one admitted she faces a race against time to get fit for Saturday's showpiece against Lucie Safarova.

The American looked completely out of sorts during her three-set semi-final win over Swiss outsider Timea Bacsinszky and said she "collapsed" once she walked off court on Thursday.

"I started to feel unwell around the third or fourth round and I felt really terrible during the semis against Timea," said Williams, who has been battling a bout of flu.