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Serena Williams learned just before Johanna Konta loss that half-sister's killer had been freed

Serena Williams says she discovered that the man convicted of killing her half-sister had been released on parole just minutes before her match with Johanna Konta last month.

Briton Konta inflicted the worst defeat of Williams' career, winning 6-1 6-0 in the first round of the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose.

Williams' elder half-sister Yetunde Price was shot dead in 2003.

"I couldn't shake it out of my mind," said the 23-time Grand Slam champion.

Robert Maxfield was jailed for 15 years in April 2006 and Williams, 36, attended the sentencing.