Serena reaches the 3rd round in Rio

Serena Williams has no problems in reaching the 3rd round in Rio.  Serena had a couple of awkward moments in the first set. First, she had to save two set points when she was 4-5 15-40 down; then Serena was broken at love when she was serving for the first set   . Eventually, the American won the breaker at 5 to sail in the second set. The final score was 7-6 (5) 6-2.

Next vs. Svitolina

Serena will play Svitolina in the next round. The head to head is 4-0 for the world no.1 that is aware of the challenge “It’ll be fun for me [playing Svitolina]. Elina is such a great person; she’s really young and does really well. We’ve had some really tough matches too, but it’ll be a good match. I hope I win, but she’s such a great girl and I’m always rooting for her.”

Head to head Serena Williams vs. Elina Svitolina

 

 

THE DRAW     
                                 

Draw Rio Olympics. Women's singles


 

STILL GOING FOR GOLD