Serena Williams exterminates Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Anastasia Potapova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 09 minutes. Williams won this tournament 7 times in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Williams was delighted about the outcome. She commented:
“It’s really about finding that key balance there for me.”
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
The American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Nina was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 64 points. The American won 6 points more than Nina (35-29). The American surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
The Serbian had no answers anymore and Serena won the set 6-0.
Serena converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Stojanovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They contested 34 points. Serena was the one to win the set after conquering 18 points more than the Serbian (26-8). Williams was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (13-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
The American added to her prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Serena will add $ 105,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Williams scored 61 points vs. Nina’s 38.
Williams
The American served extremely well to win 86% of the points (24/28) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (11/21) on her second serve. Williams won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Stojanovic
On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Williams and Stojanovic is 1-0 for Serena.
Draw and next match H2H: Serena Williams vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Williams will compete against Potapova in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Serena Williams and Anastasia Potapova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Williams won 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2020.
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