TORONTO — Serena Williams was in superb form as she began her U.S. Open buildup with an entertaining effort highlighted by a couple of cheeky returns and a few clear winners at a rainy Rogers Cup on Monday.
Williams will not actually launch her North American hard court campaign until Tuesday or Wednesday against Italy's Flavia Pennetta, so all of Monday's action took place in a posh VIP lounge where the world number one took questions from the media.
The media mob included good friend turned interloper reporter Caroline Wozniacki.
Well rested and relaxed after sitting out the Stanford event with a sore right elbow, Williams was asked by a playful Wozniacki, "obviously I am the coolest person you know, why is that?