HUGE UPSET. Qiang Wang shocks Williams in the 3rd round

Qiang Wang defeats Serena Williams 6-4 6-7² 7-5 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Wang will have to play Ons Jabeur in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Wang conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Williams broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 2.

3^rd set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Qiang conquered in the 12^th game (7-5).

Statistics

After this match, the head to head between Wang and Williams is 1-1.

Highlights Qiang Wang vs. Serena Williams Australian Open – Melbourne

Serena’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Qiang Wang vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Wang will fight against Jabeur in the 4^th round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Qiang Wang and Ons Jabeur clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Wang won 6-0 6-3 in the 1^st round in Shenzhen back in January 2020.

Tennis Scores at the

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Qiang WangWang – Serena WilliamsWilliams (6-4 6-7² 7-5) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (7-5 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-6 7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression

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