For the second straight round, No. 2-seeded Serena Williams drew a former top-10 player, onetime world No. 5 Lucie Safarova. And for the second time, Williams emerged unscathed.
Serena Williams came soaring, roaring back to defeat feisty fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. The match required 109 minutes, but it felt a lot longer than that.
Maria Sharapova is back in the semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time in four years, but not without a little drama after a three-set battle against 47th-ranked Coco Vandeweghe.
Defending champion Maria Sharapova had to work harder than she had hoped, but she advanced to the second round. Carla Suarez Navarro and Samantha Stosur also won their openers.
Serena Williams avenged her heaviest Grand Slam defeat with a comeback 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Garbine Muguruza on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.NR
The Williams sisters have advanced to the third round at the Australian Open, with top-ranked Serena fending off set points before going on a 10-game roll to beat Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-0, and Venus beating fellow American Lauren Davis in straight sets.
