TENNIS SCORES. Williams dispatches Martic in the 4th round of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Williams conquers Martic to square off with Qiang Wang in the quarter

Serena Williams

Serena Williams topples Petra Martic 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Williams will face Qiang Wang in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Martic had a favorable start in this set after breaking Williams in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Williams was not done to come back to break Martic in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Serena conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Williams missed the opportunity to break Petra in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 73 points vs. the Croatian’s 56 points.

Serena served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (12/22) on her second serve. Williams won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Petra was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Highlights Serena Williams vs. Petra Martic U.S. Open – New York

Williams’s Interview

Next Match: Serena Williams vs. Qiang Wang – stats

Williams will fight against Wang in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Qiang Wang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

The last time that they competed against each other, Wang won w/o in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2019.

Serena Williams in New York

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