Serena easily moves to Australian Open fourth round

Konta said she knew what to expect from Allertova, who stretched her to three sets in the first round at last year’s French Open. My first match I thought I gave a great effort.

Allertova admitted she had been hampered by injury but the world No 66 was generous in her praise of Konta. “I will try to play my best tennis”.

She made few mistakes in a dominant display and broke in the first game of the second set with outgunned Kasatkina struggling against the Williams weaponry.

Playing on centre court against the top seed at a Grand Slam was a huge occasion for the 18-year-old, who was not only making her debut at the tournament but is on her first ever trip to Australia. This was a major turning point in the game, as it gifted the world number one a break point opportunity, which she capitalised on.

Wawrinka has not dropped a set in his wins over Dmitry Tursunov and Stepanek in the opening two rounds. Leaving her plenty of time to do whatever is next on her schedule, such as tying Steffi Graf for the most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era with 22.

On Wednesday, he and his doubles partner Robin Haase won their first-round match, and Verdasco said after his loss to Sela that the doubles encounter may have left him flat and exhausted for the singles. She was broken twice in the second, when Davis came back hard and eventually won in the tiebreaker, despite conceding a key point after a 27-shot rally when she volleyed into the net, and covered her face with her hand. I thought she played really well at Wimbledon.

“She’s a very good player, but today she was like a hurricane”, said the Russian teenager, who had beaten Serena’s sister, Venus earlier this month in Auckland.

Off court, Williams has her own clothing line, Aneres, and a successful collection of handbags and jewellery.

Johanna Konta looks continue her best run at the Australian Open, and to equal her Slam best run when she faces Denisa Allertova in the third round of the Australian Open. The Canadian was last broken in the last eight of the Brisbane International before progressing to win in Sydney before this tournament, including a final success against Roger Federer. Worth waiting up for surely.

Serena Williams of the US hits a return to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during the women’s final match on the fourteenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 07 September 2014.

A victory for either lady would secure the prospect of a meeting in the last 16 with Azarenka.