Serena, Venus Bounced at French Open

An error-prone Serena and Venus Williams lost in the same round of a Grand Slam for the first time in their career on Tuesday at the French Open.

Second-seeded Serena Williams was upended in the first match on center court by fellow American and No. 7 seed Jennifer Capriati 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, while elder sister Venus was also shown the exits soon after by Russian Anastasia Myskina 6-3, 6-4, on Suzanne Lenglen court.

In what was dubbed the match of the tournament, Capriati backed up her talk of having the edge against Serena by topping her nemesis Serena for a second straight time. The win by Capriati put her into her fourth Roland Garros semifinal.

"Obviously I'm very disappointed that it had to end," said Serena afterward. "I just had a bad day with the serve. I don't think I got any first serves in today."

Serena did have 54% first serve percentage, but tossed in 45 unforced errors compared to 19 winners.

For Serena, it was her earliest Grand Slam exit since a 2001 Wimbledon quarterfinal in which she also lost to Capriati. It's also the fourth straight event Serena has played without a title.

Sister Venus didn't fare much better against Myskina, who raced out to a 4-1 lead in the first set and never looked back.

"I think both of us (Serena and I) would have liked to have had better preparation for the event," said Venus, who dropped her first match in 20 on clay this year. "For me, I feel like I was fortunate to play because I had so many issues before."

Venus had twisted her left ankle in early May in Berlin leaving her French Open participation in question. But the four-time Slam winner played well in her first four matches and hadn't dropped a set all week until today.

Concluded Venus: "We (Serena and I) are going to pack our bags and leave. There's nothing left for us here anymore. We are going home."

Myskina advances to her first career Grand Slam semifinal where she'll face Capriati.