By Magdalena Stanislav
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| Serena Williams posted 28th win in 29 matches against Li Na at WTA Championships |
ISTANBUL, Turkey
(TheSportsNEXT) October 24, 2012: Serena Williams of United States won her
second straight match at the WTA Championships 2012 on Wednesday when she edged
out Li Na of China by 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 in Istanbul.
Serena Williams, who found her serve erratic right
throughout the match, especially in the opening set, found it hard to fight
against her faults and Li Na at the same time but the woman with the tough
character avoided all the challenges to register a rather easy victory in the
end.
Serena Williams hit six double-faults and could only win 51
percent of the points upon first serve and eventually sealed the deal on her
third match point.
Li Na also had a struggling outing as there were eight
breaks in the first set and three more in the second with both players
struggling for rhythm dearly.
With this victory, Serena Williams has now won 28 of her
last 29 matches and is enjoying a sound phase in her career where she clinched
the Grand Slam titles of Wimbledon and US Open and won London 2012 Women’s
Tennis Gold to put icing on the cake.
Despite of her glittering year, the lack of fitness has left
her in a position where she can only fight for finishing as world number two in
the WTA Tour Rankings, in case she wins at WTA Championships.
In the other matches scheduled for Wednesday, world number
one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will face off against Angelique Kerber while
Maria Sharapova of Russia will take on Agnieszka Radwanska in the final
encounter of the night.
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