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Serena Williams started her pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a dominant 7-5 6-Three win in opposition to fellow American Kristie Ahn.
The 38-year-old went a break down in each sets however recovered to win in an hour and a half as she chases Margaret Courtroom’s Grand Slam tally.
Williams gathered momentum late on, successful 4 straight video games in opposition to the world quantity 96 in the second set.
“I used to be actually proud of how I fought for each level,” she mentioned.
“Regardless of how I used to be enjoying, I simply needed to get my Serena focus again in order that was what I used to be engaged on as we speak.”
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