Williams sisters bounced from French Open

PARIS (AP) — Wind was whipping, rain was falling, and thick gray clouds overhead were foreboding as Serena Williams double-faulted, then raised her hands in despair and wailed, "I can't serve!"

As if to prove the point, Williams double-faulted again moments later, before pushing a routine backhand wide to get broken at love.

Truth is, the French Open's defending champion couldn't do much properly on this particular afternoon, absorbing the most lopsided loss of her 288-match Grand Slam career.

Unable to figure out how to get herself going or counter her unheralded opponent's aggressive game, Williams was beaten 6-2, 6-2 today by 35th-ranked Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the second round.

"Nothing really worked," said Williams, whose older sister Venus also lost. "I don't know anything that actually worked."

Ever since last week's draw, there was talk about a possible all-Williams match in the third round, which would have been their first Grand Slam meeting since the 2009 Wimbledon final. So much for that: Exactly one minute before Serena's match began, the 29th-seeded Venus' 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat against 56th-ranked Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia wrapped up in the main stadium.