Rome: Serena Williams overcame a bout of sickness brought on by eating dog food to beat Christina McHale and set up a quarter-final clash with Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Italian Open.
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World No 1 Williams confessed to an urgent toilet visit several hours after sampling some of her pet dog Chip&rsquo;s food in a video posted on Snapchat - but recovered in time to win 7-6 (9/7) 6-1 against fellow American McHale.
<img title="Serena Williams kisses her dog Chip as she holds the Madrid Masters trophy after beating Maria Sharapova in the final at Madrid on May 12, 2013. Pic/AFP " src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/Serena-Williams-kisses-her-.jpg" alt="Serena Williams kisses her dog Chip as she holds the Madrid Masters trophy after beating Maria Sharapova in the final at Madrid on May 12, 2013. Pic/AFP " /> Serena Williams kisses her dog Chip as she holds the Madrid Masters trophy after beating Maria Sharapova in the final at Madrid on May 12, 2013. Pic/AFP 
&ldquo;I thought &lsquo;what the heck, I&rsquo;m gonna try a piece.&rsquo; It looks good. So I ate a spoonful. Don&rsquo;t judge me!&rdquo; Williams said. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s fast forward two hours. I just ran to the toilet like I thought I was gonna pass out. I mean it did taste weird. I force-swallowed it. It tasted kind of like house-cleaner thing. I don&rsquo;t know what they put in these dog foods, but Chip liked it.
&ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s consumable for humans. They should have wrote that! So now I feel really sick. It was just a spoonful but I don&rsquo;t feel so good.&rdquo; Williams replied to queries on Thursday by saying: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not the most serious person off the court. On the court I am, but off the court I don&rsquo;t have a serious bone in my body.&rdquo; Smiling, she added: &ldquo;In fact, I have been told I need to grow up a lot.&rdquo; Admitting she was feeling no serious ill effects of the incident, she added: &ldquo;No, thank God! But I don&rsquo;t know how my dog eats that. I guess he&rsquo;s okay with it.&rdquo;

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Serena Williams overcame a bout of sickness brought on by eating dog food to beat Christina McHale and set up a quarter-final clash with Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Italian Open

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