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Serena Williams has said there is more to offer
as she marched into the Australian Open last 16
Saturday.
Williams said she was still improving after
swatting aside Ukrainian teenager Dayana
Yastremska 6-2, 6-1 in a Melbourne Park
mauling.
The 37-year-old, who is in the hunt for her first
Grand Slam since having a baby, comforted the
youngster at the net, telling her: “You did
amazing, you’re gonna make it, don’t cry”.
But Williams, who is in ominous form and has
dropped only nine games in her opening three
matches, also had a message for her rivals,
saying she was not yet at the top of her game.
“I think I’m getting there. I don’t feel like I’m
there yet,” she said. “I feel like I’m still getting
there.”
Williams will face either sister Venus, who is
unseeded this year, or world number one Simona
Halep in the next round.
The 37-year-old won her 23rd Grand Slam Down
Under two years ago while two months pregnant
and is the bookies’ favourite to claim an eighth
Australian title, despite being seeded 16th.
Another major would match Margaret Court’s
tally and Williams is focused as she chases down
the Australian great’s record.
“I’m here, I’m playing as hard as I can and doing
the best I can, which is really all I can do,” she
said.
‘Broke my heart’
Yastremska was not even born when the
American won her first major at Flushing
Meadows in 1999.
Williams said she did not like to see an opponent
so distressed but she appreciated that
Yastremska cared so much about trying to win
their match and “came out swinging”.
“I kind of liked that. It shows she wasn’t just
there to play a good match, she was there to
win,” the American said. “She wanted to win.
That really broke my heart.”
Her compassion contrasted with Maria
Sharapova’s attitude when she left Harriet Dart in
tears after serving the Briton a 6-0, 6-0 “double
bagel” in the first round.
“There’s no time for that, I’m sorry to say,” the
Russian responded when asked if she had any
sympathy for her opponent.
Yastremska’s only previous appearance at a
Grand Slam was a first round exit at last year’s
US Open and she looked like roadkill as soon as
Williams raced to a 4-0 lead in the first set.
The Ukrainian managed to hold serve twice in the
first set, prompting wild applause from the crowd
but was powerless to stop Williams taking the
first set 6-2 after 27 minutes.
Williams was equally relentless in the second,
breaking Yastremska and allowing the teen to
score only four points off her serve as she went
up 4-1.
Yastremska had treatment on her right foot but it
was only delaying the inevitable and Williams
took just a few minutes to bring up match point
after play resumed.
She hit her first chance into the net but
completed the win after Yastremska sent a return
wide.
Source:
www.channelstv.com/2019/01/19/just-
getting-started-says-serena-as-juggernaut-rolls-
on/