Williams sisters crash out of French Open

A third-round clash between Venus and Serena William will not happen after both were knocked out of the French Open in the second round.

World number one and defending champion Serena Williams suffered a 6-2 6-2 defeat against Spain's Garbine Muguruza, shortly after Venus was beaten 2-6 6-3 6-4 by Slovakia's Anna Schmiedlova.

17-times grand slam champion Serena never got into her stride against the 20-year-old world number 35.

Serena Williams had not been knocked out of a grand slam before the fourth round since losing in the first round of the 2012 French Open.

Muguruza's pace was too much to handle for Williams, and she will now face Schmiedlova in a third round encounter that few would have predicted.

"Of course it's amazing, I did not expect that. Today is a great day"

"Of course it's amazing, I did not expect that. Today is a great day," said Muguruza.

"I'm very happy," she then shouted at the crowd.

Williams failed to hold serve in the second set, which confirmed the impression of the opener, during which Muguruza sent the American chasing the ball in every corner.

Williams bowed out after 64 minutes having never looked in a position to unsettle Muguruza, whose best result in a grand slam was at this year's Australian Open when she reached the fourth round.

"Nothing actually worked, I just can't serve," said Williams with a smile. "It was one of those days, you can't be on (your game) every day."

Williams refused to blame her defeat on the windy conditions on yet another chilly day in Paris, a city she has a special relationship with.

She has a French coach in Patrick Mouratoglou, owns an apartment in Paris and loves to shop in the French capital, which she considers her second home.

"It's not easy. I love it here, but there's always next year. At least I won't have any points to defend next year, so I look forward to it," she said.

Until then, she will be back to training, harder than ever.

"It's great, because I'm going to go home and work five times as hard to make sure I never lose again," she said. "I want to win and I want to be the best, that's my whole goal.

"But it's great sometimes to get knocked down because you have to get back up. I love getting back up. I love the challenge.

"I haven't gotten past the fourth round of a grand slam this year," added Williams, whose last grand slam title was at Roland Garros last year. "I have a couple of words to describe it, but I think that would be really inappropriate so I'm going to leave it at that."

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