Serena Williams wore a custom Virgil Abloh outfit during her first round French Open win

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• Serena Williams won her first round French Open match on Monday.
• But the main talking point after her three sets win was not how she bounced back from a disastrous first set, but what she wore while she played.
• Williams wore a Virgil Abloh outfit that was "pretty epic" according to one prominent tennis journalist.
• "It talks about me being a mom and me being a queen," Williams said. "It's positive reinforcement."
• The American wore her new outfit almost 12 months after she rocked a "Wakanda inspired" catsuit at Roland Garros, that was later banned.
• Her Abloh ensemble is unlikely to provoke such a negative reaction, and she may well be wearing it once again in the second round, later in the week.
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Serena Williams beat Vitalia Diatchenko two sets to one in the first round of the French Open on Monday.

Williams struggled in the opening set of the match, losing 6-2, before bouncing back by winning 12 of the last 13 games, to win the second and third sets 6-1 and 6-0.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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