PARIS — After a career of proving other people wrong, Serena Williams has spent the last two weeks at the French Open proving someone new wrong: herself.
She starts poorly; she turns it around. She falls behind a set and a break; she miraculously recovers. She comes down with a cold; she fights through it anyway.
The world No. 1 and 19-time Grand Slam is into the final at Roland Garros having come from a set down four times this tournament, the most of any major in her career. At 33, the American is living dangerously — and surviving.