Serena Williams conquers Alexandrova in the 3rd round in Toronto

Serena Williams dispatches Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Toronto on Thursday. Williams will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Naomi Osaka in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Alexandrova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Williams in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the American was not done to come back to break the Russian 3 times in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (3-3) gamein the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Serena won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.

2^nd set.

Alexandrova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Williams in the 1^st game (1-0). However, Williams managed to stage a great comeback to break Alexandrova in the 6^th (3-3) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

At the end of the match, the American scored 81 points vs. Alexandrova’s 68 points.

The American served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 46% points (11/24) on her second serve. Williams won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 29% (5/17). On the other side, Ekaterina didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Highlights Serena Williams vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Rogers Cup – Toronto

Williams’s Interview

Next Match: Serena Williams vs. Naomi Osaka – H2H and stats

Williams will fight against Osaka in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Osaka won 6-2 6-4 in the final in New York back in 2018.