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I'm not at my best yet, warns Serena
Serena Williams has warned her Wimbledon rivals there is more to come after demolishing Jarmila Groth on Court One yesterday.
Last year's beaten finalist looked at ease as she recorded a routine 6-2, 6-1 win over her Australian opponent.
The match lasted less than an hour against an opponent ranked 69th in the world, and second seed Williams was generally happy with her display, but believes she still has a lot left to come.
"I thought I played really well," said the American. "For me there's always room for improvement though. I still think I could have returned better, come to the net a little bit more.
"That's exciting to think I can do better."
Williams won the Wimbledon title in 2002 and 2003 and has also been runner-up twice, including last year where she was beaten by sister Venus.
But the younger Williams already has an eye on the title, even though she is just three days into the Wimbledon fortnight.
"I should have won more than twice here but I didn't," she said. "And hopefully I can rectify that this year."
One former champion who will not be repeating the feat this time around is Maria Sharapova, who was beaten 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 by Gisela Dulko.
The Russian, who is still finding her form after a shoulder injury, made a fight of things after dropping the first set but was unable to see off her Argentinian opponent.
It is the second year in succession that Sharapova has crashed out in the second round, and the 22-year-old admitted she made too many mistakes.
"I had so many easy balls and I just made unforced errors from those. When I've had those situations before, those balls would be pieces of cake."
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