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 The American world number one's body language throughout the
contest suggested she would rather have been anywhere else than on
the blue hardcourts in Western Australia.
An on-court espresso helped spark her into life as she overcame a
first set bagel to beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta 0-6 6-3 6-0 on
Monday in the round robin mixed team event but nothing could help
bring her out of Tuesday's malaise.
"I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm so tired," Williams said
after the match. "It's weird. I can't get my body to move. I feel
like I've got no energy.
"It's a little frustrating because I know I can play two thousand
times better."
 Sluggish footwork and uncharacteristically slow serves allowed
Bouchard to break the 33-year-old with ease as the Canadian bounced
back from a 6-0 6-4 loss to Czech Lucie Safarova in her opener.
Williams had complained of jet-lag following her previous day's
efforts against Pennetta but she looked in good spirits as she
teamed up with John Isner to win their mixed doubles against the
Italians for a 3-0 whitewash later on Monday evening.
Williams, who did not call the trainer to court on Tuesday, showed
flashes of her usual brilliance against Bouchard as she went for her
shots but never had the consistency, or the fight, to beat the
Canadian.
"I've been trying to rest up," Williams said. "I did a little gym
work, but I just felt depleted. I don't know why. I don't know how
to describe it.
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"I've just got to get my feet moving. I have to figure it out.
Hopefully I can do better in the next match."
Whether it was jet-lag, illness or something else, Bouchard did not
care as she notched a first win over the 18-times grand slam singles
champion in the warm-up event for the year's first major, the
Australian Open, later this month in Melbourne.
"I think I played pretty solid, I'm happy I came out and put on a
better show than last time, the 19-year-old world number six said in
a courtside interview.
Isner was next up against Vasek Pospisil before the quartet meet in
the mixed doubles later on Tuesday.
(Writing by Patrick Johnston in Singapore and Sudipto Ganguly in
Mumbai, editing by Ed Osmond)
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