Serena Williams Upset at Australian Open
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Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USTA(MELBOURNE, Australia) — Serena Williams was upset by Ana Ivanovic on Sunday in their fourth round match 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to end her 25-consecutive win streak.
Williams looked good during the first set, but failed to get any momentum in the next two.
“It wasn’t the best,” Williams said. “Again, I don’t want to blame anything. I feel like Ana deserves all the credit,” Williams added. “I feel she played unbelievable today. I think she went for her shots. It’s not like I gave her the match.”
The No. 14-seeded Ivanovic halted Williams’ bid at a sixth Australian title.
“It’s not easy playing such a champion … but she is also just a human,” said Ivanovic. “I just went out there swinging.”
Ivanovic dropped serve twice in the first set, but didn’t face another break point in the second or third set.
“I had to remind myself all the time just to stay in the moment, because there were moments in the match where it could have gone either way,” Ivanovic said. “But I really just believed in my game and stepped up when I needed to.”
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