Teenage trouble for Serena
Larcher de Brito makes top seed work for win
Last updated: 17th July 2008
Top seed Serena Williams recovered from a set down to beat 15-year-old Michelle Larcher do Brito at the Stanford Classic.
Williams, the Wimbledon runner-up, was completely out of sorts against the teenage qualifier, but came through to win 4-6 6-3 6-2.
Eight unforced errors in the first 12 points set the tone for a disastrous first set for the American, who was playing for the first time since losing in the final to sister Venus at SW19.
Williams led 4-2 in the opener, but lost four successive games to hand the advantage to Larcher de Brito.
The Portuguese prospect then won the first two games of the second set, but was unable to maintain her charge towards what would have been a famous victory.
World number three Williams rallied to win six of the next seven games to level the match, before dominating the deciding set for a hard-fought success.
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