- It's really nice to be here, it's different.
There are not that many spectators in place but it's nice to have them here.
In recent tournaments, there has been no audience at all so it's been nice, Williams says according to the BBC.
Ahn had several breaks in the first set but Williams started to find the right one and forced a tiebreak which she won 7-2.
When Williams accelerated the ball and managed to put it inside the lines, Ahn did not keep up.
The first set took 72 minutes.
In the second set, Wiliams went up to 5-0 and 40-0 when the mistakes started to flourish again and she lost points and even had a game ball against her.
On the fifth match ball, sixth-seeded Williams, who is ranked ninth, made a serveess and ended the match.
Williams has an apartment in Paris but is forced to stay in a hotel rented by the organizer in Paris due to the health protocol, which she does not appreciate.
- It feels very strange, says Wiliams who got to live in a rented house in New York during the US Open.