Ferocious Serena Williams in GOAT mode obliterates Potapova in the 1st round of the Australian Open

Serena Williams extinguishes Anastasia Potapova 6-0 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Monday after playing a superlative match to play Tamara Zidansek in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much story in this set after Serena conceded no games to Potapova before winning the set 6-0.

2^nd set.

Serena clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Serena broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Williams scored 58 points vs. Potapova’s 35 points.

Williams served extremely well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 45% points (9/20) on her second serve. Serena was pretty good in converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6). On the other side, Potapova was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Williams and Potapova is 1-0 for Serena.

Highlights Serena Williams vs. Anastasia Potapova Australian Open – Melbourne

Williams’s Interview

After the match, Serena cpmmented”That is still a concern for pretty much everyone. Every day all the players and the tournament make sure that all the players are updated on what the play conditions would be like. It’s literally every day, we are just waiting every day to see how the air quality would be. Today, it seemed normal. Yeah, it seemed pretty good.”

Next Match H2H: Serena Williams vs. Tamara Zidansek – stats

Williams will compete against Zidansek in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Tamara Zidansek since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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• Julia GoergesGoerges – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Venus WilliamsWilliams (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Na-Lae HanHan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Kaia KanepiKanepi (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Ann LiLi – Lizette CabreraCabrera (7-6⁴ 7-6¹⁰) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Kristie AhnAhn (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Johanna LarssonLarsson (6-1 6-0) – See score progression

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