Serena Williams cruised into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday defeating Nina Stojanovic.<\/p>\n
Williams, 39, continued her bid to equal Margret Court\u2019s all-time mark of 24 Grand Slams as she defeated the 99th rank Serb in just 69 minutes at Rod Laver Arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cl wasn\u2019t thinking as much in the second (set), as I was in the first,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n
On her 101st Australian Open match, she hit 27 winners while sporting her unique, one-legged catsuit yet again. \u201cI\u2019m here to have fun and it\u2019s great to be playing in front of a crowd,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu\u2019s emotional comeback after 15 months ended in the hands of Hsieh Su-Wei from Taiwan.<\/p>\n
The eight seed Andreescu was playing her first tournament since October 2019 after a serious knee injury.<\/p>\n
She was unable to cope with Hsieh\u2019s range of shots and was defeated 6-3, 6-2 in an hour and 23 minutes.
\n\u201cYou need to find a way to get through and the crowd helped me fight,\u201d said Hsieh after beating the Canadian.<\/p>\n
Former Wimbledon champion and Melbourne runner-up in 2019, Kvitova committed 44 unforced errors which led to her 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 defeat to Sorana Cirstea of Romania.<\/p>\n
However, seventh-seeded Aryna Sabalenka found it hard in going through 7-6 (7\/5), 6-3 against Russia\u2019s Daria Kasatkina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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