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\"serenaMelbourne: World No.2 Serena Williams<\/a><\/strong> on Thursday gritted out a 6-3, 6-4 second round win in a high-quality encounter against Lucie Safarova in the Australian Open<\/strong><\/a> tennis tournament here.<\/p>\n

The second seeded American, eyeing her seventh title here, smashed 15 aces and 35 winners in the 86-minute clash against the Czech Republican.<\/p>\n

The match featured a combined 59 winners and 23 aces to just 39 errors.<\/p>\n

“The last time we played was in the final of a Grand Slam … it wasn’t easy. I’m really happy to have gotten through that,” Williams was quoted as saying by the tournament’s website after the match.<\/p>\n

Read more: Ferrer defeats Escobedo, sets up all-Spanish clash with Bautista<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Definitely played two really tough opponents (in the first round she beat former top-10 player Belinda Bencic), but it’s a great way to start the tournament.”<\/p>\n

Next up for the American is compatriot Nicole Gibbs in round three.<\/p>\n

Earlier, third seed Agnieszka Radwanska was stunned in the second round 3-6, 2-6 by Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The second seeded American, eyeing her seventh title here, smashed 15 aces and 35 winners in the 86-minute clash against the Czech Republican.<\/p>\n

The match featured a combined 59 winners and 23 aces to just 39 errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[268,466,4773,2683,12894],"class_list":["post-32340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-lucie-safarova","tag-serena-williams","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSerena advances to third round in Australian Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32340\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serena advances to third round in Australian Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Melbourne: World No.2 Serena Williams on Thursday gritted out a 6-3, 6-4 second round win in a high-quality encounter against Lucie Safarova in the Australian Open tennis tournament here. 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