Another… “Auch! match from Serena that confirms to be at the top of her form even if she recently had a minor operation.
It was a bit of a walk in the park for Serena in the first round in Brisbane to concede just 3 games to Lepchenko.
From Serena about the Grand Slam
Even if Serena held all 4 majors between 2002-2003, she has some thoughts about winning the Grand Slam (alias winning all majors in the same year) to comment
“I think whoever wins the Australian Open will have that same thought,” Williams said.
“I think there is no way that Victoria or Maria or maybe some other players don’t have that same thought. I think I definitely feel that way.”
From Lepchenko
She didn’t take nicely the defeat to post on twitter. “All the credit to Serena.But due to the some unfortunate events in my life I couldn’t have the right preparation.Im hoping to have better”
Serera will play her next match against either Cornet or a qualifier.
Other Matches
In the other matches, Jarmila Gajdosova did upset Roberta Vinci with an inspiring victory 4-6 6-1 6-3 to play Sharapova in the second round (and win the honor of the hot shot of the day).
Kvitova “survived” a pre-tournament asthma scare to defeat Navarro 6-3 6-4.
