Intro:

Top seed Serena Williams discusses her first round wins at the Australian Open on Tuesday (20th January).

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Serena Williams (USA), number one seed:

"I felt OK. As always, I had the jitters going out in the first match of a Grand Slam. So, yeah, it's never super easy to be the one that everyone wants to beat, so I always have to be a little bit above. But, yeah, I felt OK. I definitely think I can improve a tremendous amount, so hopefully I'll do better."

SOUNDBITE (English) Serena Williams (USA), number one seed:

"Yeah, I just focus on holding serve in general, and I focus on breaking. So I don't focus on necessarily my nerves. I just think, Okay, I want to hold serve and I want to break. That's all I do. That kind of helps me to get over it."

SOUNDBITE (English) Serena Williams (USA), number one seed:

"Yeah, I definitely feel really different. First of all, I feel like I don't want to eat too much (smiling). One peanut and I'm going to break the dress, so I try not to eat that much. Other than that, yeah, it depends. Sometimes I'm a little nervous. Yeah, but this one I think is really good. It's really trendy and young, but at the same time it also has a great message and it's also really nice. It goes really well. So, yeah."

SOUNDBITE (English) Serena Williams (USA), number one seed:
(on her second round opponent, Vera Zvonareva)
"Well, to play such a high-ranked player in the second round is not going to be easy for me. It's going to be tough. She does so many things well. She's on the way back. I know she's been fighting and playing really hard. I have to be ready. I have to come out of the gates ready to go and be the best I can be."