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Australian Open - 3rd Round - Women

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
United StatesS Williams66---
ChinaP Shuai14---

Serena Williams

Nationality USA
Date of Birth 26/09/1981
Height 1.75 m
Weight 68 kg

Peng Shuai

Nationality CHN
Date of Birth 08/01/1986
Height 1.73 m
Weight 61 kg
 

Live Comments

  1. 01:41 - In the fourth round, Serena will face the winner of our next match on the Rod Laver Arena between 13th seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and French 20th seed Amelie Mauresmo

  2. 4-6 - WILLIAMS IS THROUGH TO THE FOURTH ROUND! Serena breaks Shuai to love to close out the match, smashing a forehand overhead into the open court on her first match point

  3. 4-5 - Much, much better from Williams as she holds with relative ease and an ace out wide. All the pressure is on Shuai now as she must come out after the change of ends and serve to stay in the match

  4. 4-4 - Another battling game goes the way of the server as Shuai keeps herself in this match by her fingertips

  5. 3-4 - Serena suffers an absolutely shocking start to the game hitting what should have been a couple of easy backhand winners out of the court. But she rallies to hold and gets herself back in the lead when Shuai slaps another forehand long

  6. 3-3 - WILLIAMS BREAKS BACK! Serena gets the second set back on serve breaking to 30 when Shuai slaps a forehand long of the baseline

  7. 3-2 - A much better service game from Williams as she moves Shuai around the baseline before sending the ball back behind the scampering Chinese player. Just the one break of serve the difference in this set then. So far at least!

  8. 3-1 - The first hold of the second set goes the way of Shuai, although not before Williams has had, and squandered, another couple of break point chances

  9. 2-1 - SHUAI BREAKS AGAIN! Another shocking service game from Williams, coupled with two forehand errors in quick succession, sees Shuai break for a second consective time to begin this second set

  10. 1-1 - WILLIAMS BREAKS BACK! Serena snatches the break back, also to 30, as a ferocious return of serve straight down the court forces Shuai to hit into the centre of the net

  11. 1-0 - SHUAI BREAKS! Not a great game from Williams, just as she was beginning to look so self-assured. But a series of unforced errors gifts Shuai the break to 30 - all the Chinese player had to do in that game was get the ball back into play

  12. 1-6 - WILLIAMS TAKES THE FIRST SET! Easy as you like for Serena now as she breaks for a third time in the set when Shuai hits into the net. The Chinese player just doesn't look to have the power to stick with Serena

  13. 1-5 - Williams holds, again to cement the double break, with a stunning forehand down the line from outside the tramlines. She is beginning to hit her rhythm now, Serena

  14. 1-4 - WILLIAMS BREAKS AGAIN! Shuai works hard to save the first break point in the game and even has a game point of her own but a poor attempt at a drop shot sees the chance go begging before Serena breaks at her second attempt when Shuai hits long

  15. 1-3 - An ace straight down the T from Williams seals an emphatic service hold to cement the break and Shuai has a lot to do in this set now

  16. 1-2 - WILLIAMS BREAKS! After all the promise of the game before from Shuai, she undoes all her hard work with a poor game, gifting Serena a break to 15 when she hits a forehand ino the net

  17. 1-1 - Williams really has to battle to get off the mark as she throws in a mixed game. A double fault quickly followed by ace see Serena reach 40-15 before a series of unforced errors gift Shuai a chance to get back in the game at deuce. Finally though an a second ace from Serena seals the game

  18. 1-0 - A decent start for the 23-year-old Chinese woman as she holds to 15 when Serena slaps a forehand return of serve wide across court

  19. 0-0 - Shuai to get the match underway then ...

  20. 00:09 - These two have never played each other before but Shuai has won the toss and opted to serve

  21. 00:05 - Hello and welcome to Eurosport Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of this third round clash between China's Shuai Peng and second seed Serena Williams