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Serena Williams, a seven-time Australian Open winner, added another game to her set numbers at her first major event this year.
Williams’ No.10 seeded the United States past Nina Stojanovic of Serbia, 6-3, 6-0, at Rod Laver Arena to claim a third-round place in Melbourne for the 19th time in her 20 appearances at the event.
“It’s really about finding that key balance for me,” Williams said in her post-match press conference, after improving her losing record there. the Grand Slam games in the second round to 73-2.
Williams, a 23-year-old at the Grand Slam, who has played and won more games at this premier than any other woman in the history of the tournament, improved her record at the Australian Open to 89- 12. Her debut on Laura Siegemund was her 100th Australian Open singles match.
The former World No.1 achieved an hour and nine minute victory over World No.99 Stojanovic, the only Serb within the top 100 of WTA singles rankings, winning 86 percent of the her first points of service, and saved the three rest points they had at the time of class.
Backhands clicked for Williams in the early stages of the relationship, and she made power through a difficult game at 4-2 on the strength of that side, saving two rest points in the process. A winner above a set point added an exclamation point to the opening for America.
Stojanovic had already set a new level for herself this week, getting her first ever victory in a major Grand Slam draw in the opening round over Irina-Camelia Begu. However, Stojanovic’s run ended quickly at the hands of Williams, who claimed the final seven games of the game.
Williams will now face Anastasia Potapova in the third round, after Russian teenager Hunted Timea Babos of Hungary, 6-2, 6-4, earlier Wednesday.
Potapova, a 19-year-old, 2016 young Wimbledon singles champion, also slammed Alison Riske’s No.24 seed in this week’s opening round, on the way to her first appearance in the third round in a major.
“I couldn’t feel better than now,” said Potapova, after winning. “It feels very good to be, for the first time, in the third round, especially here in Australia, the first Slam of the year. That feels amazing. “
This is the second year in a row that Williams and Potapova will meet in Melbourne – Williams ousted Potapova in the first round last year, 6-0, 6-3.
“Last year, I got such an experience from her,” Potapova said. “I felt a little down in this game, because it’s always hard to play someone for the first time, especially her. But I’m a little bit different now, I’ve grown , and I think it’s going to be a really good game., and I’m going to do whatever it takes to win or show my diligence. “
“In fact, she’s the greatest player ever for me,” Potapova said, looking forward to being relegated by Williams. “I’m pumped for it.”
Swiatek extends the Grand Slam maids streak to nine straight
A replay was made in the second round at Melbourne Park on Wednesday, where the revenge of Poland’s Roland Garros Iga Swiatek got revenge by defeating Camila Giorgi of Italy, 6-2, 6- 4.
Swiatek lost 6-2, 6-0 to Giorgi in the same time they met before, who came in the same round at the same site two years ago. But this time, with a shiny No.15 seeded next to her name and her first Grand Slam title under her belt, Swiatek took control of what happened and stopped Giorgi’s offensive play in 80 minutes.
The victory follows a good series of form by the majors for Swiatek, who has now won 18 consecutive sets at the Grand Slam stage dating back to the start of his life – changing run on the Paris clay courts.
Swiatek, a 19-year-old, had 17 winners and the same number of non-critical errors on Wednesday, while Giorgi’s style, which has won a lot of wins in the past, gave 11 winners and 31 non-critical errors. day.
The usual 6-2, 2-0 lead for Swiatek was crushed by a hot climb from Giorgi, as Italy’s powerful views got the court more consistent. Giorgi ran three games in a row and had a break point to take a 4-2 lead, but Swiatek showed his strength better as he waited for the raise with Giorgi to hold on for 3-3.
Swiatek used his deceptive upper hand to break Giorgi in the next game, and then on a home trip to set up a third-round case with France’s Fiona Ferro.
Venus hurts as Errani moves on
In a meeting between two laureled veterans of the sport, Sara Errani of Italy advanced to the third round over injured Venus Williams of the United States, 6-1, 6-0.
With Errani leading 5-1, the former World No.1 Williams was defeated when he moved for a shot by the Italians in the first point of that game. With obvious pain, Williams had to be treated on both his right ankle and left knee immediately afterwards.
Williams came back on the court and missed the opener’s last game, but continued heroically in the second set, finding powerful strokes to keep herself in a mix of some close-up games. despite a major move.
Nonetheless, Errani prevented the seven-time Grand Slam champion from turning over more game points, and the Italian eventually scored second in her last two meetings with the substitute American religious.
World No. 5 Errani had to go through to qualify in Dubai to make her first major draw at the Australian Open since 2017. Currently at World No.134, and this is the first final of the 2012 Roland Garros final at a major since the 2015 U.S. Open.
“I think it’s the passion for tennis,” Errani said, when asked about her perseverance through a long career. “I think that’s the real thing. I mean, I like tennis so much, I like to play, so I’m just trying to get through anything. bith. “
Next up for Errani will be Hsieh Su-wei, who seed confusion No.8 Bianca Andreescu earlier Wednesday. Errani have a 3-0 face-to-face record over Hsieh.