WOUNDED by unexpected defeats at her past three grand slam starts, Serena Williams wants to set the record straight at Wimbledon.

Barely more than monosyllabic in her final media conference before facing unheralded Swiss Amra Sadikovic in the first round, Williams made it plain she intends to purge a string of late-round disappointments.

Since victory at the All England Club a year ago, Williams has been anchored on 21 majors — one shy of Steffi Graf and three short of Margaret Court — but it has been the manner of two of those defeats that cut deep.

The Australian Open final failure against Angelique Kerber and the French Open decider loss to Garbine Muguruza bespoke a declining force.

Williams, 34, mocks the notion.

“Well, I think it’s important to learn from every loss that you have,” she said.

“I think in particular I usually do throughout my whole career have been able to, like, learn a lot, to come off, to come back a much better player.”

Asked if she felt pressure because Wimbledon is the last of the four jewels still in her possession, she replied: “Yeah, honestly, I don’t feel any pressure. I feel good and confident. I’ve had a lot of time on the grass. I did the same preparation, and it seems to work for me.

“I enjoy it just being on grass. It’s (Wimbledon) usually the only tournament I play on grass. It’s a unique experience.

“It’s just that one time a year you just get to get on this amazing, beautiful surface. It feels really good.”

Pressed on what she knows of world No.150 Sadikovic, Williams said: “Honestly, it doesn’t matter who I play. It doesn’t matter to me.

“Normally, my coach (Patrick Mouratoglou) obviously does a lot of research, or the most that he can, then we go from there.”

Victorian Daria Gavrilova is the only Australian woman playing tonight. She faces China’s Qiang Wang.