But the serve which had proved such a weapon until now was not bothering Williams as much as it had her previous opponents, and by contrast, Williams upped the ante on her own, particularly the second serve, to counteract Vendeweghe’s powerful return.
England ace Tymal Mills, who took his first wicket in the win over India, hopes to get a run of games under his belt following a “tough couple of years”. And so for the Green Park ultras the innings dissolved into An Evening With MS Dhoni, India’s last grandee...
Four-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer has survived a mid-match scare to grind out a place in the Australian Open final over Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3.