Top stars not concerned by Australian Open preparations (Yahoo Sports)

Serena Williams lost two of four singles matches in her preparations for the Australian Open, while Maria Sharapova won the Brisbane International. Williams wasn’t pleased with her two singles losses at the Hopman Cup team event in Perth, including in straight sets to Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, but said Saturday there is ”a little light at the end of the tunnel.” ”I’m never really happy about my practice or preparation,” the top-seeded Williams said Saturday. I’m determined to do better.” Sharapova, last year’s French Open winner and the 2008 champion at Melbourne Park, lost in the fourth round here to Dominika Cibulkova last year, saying she was affected by a hip injury.