Serena Williams says Roberta Vinci probably deserved it, and I am happy for her

Serena Williams says her recent USOpen defeat was not a loss, but a win and a learningexperience and that she’s happy for the opponent, RobertaVinci, who derailed her quest for a Grand Slam.

“We should be happy for each other, you know what Imean?” Williams said in an interview Tuesday after presentingher second collection for her fashion line, the SerenaWilliams Signature Statement Collection for the HSN network,at a high-profile runway show that drew influential Vogueeditor Anna Wintour and other fashion heavyweights, not tomention rapper Drake.

“We gotta build up each other. We can’t be angry.”