Serena Williams breezes past Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-2 in the 4th round in London on Monday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Alison Riske in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Williams conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Suarez Navarro in the 1st game (1-0). Serena managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Suarez Navarro in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
2nd set.
Williams took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Suarez Navarro in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the American to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The American maintained her focus to break Suarez Navarro in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
At the end of the match, Williams scored 60 points vs. Carla’s 43 points.
Williams served extremely well to win 78% of the points (21/27) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 47% points (8/17) on her second serve. The American won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, the Spaniard was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Williams and Suarez Navarro is 7-0 for Serena.
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Next Match: Serena Williams vs. Alison Riske – H2H and stats
Williams will come up against Riske in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Alison Riske since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Serena Williams in London |
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