MELBOURNE ,
World number one Serena Williams marched into the Australian,
Open fourth round on Friday,showing no mercy in a 6-1,6-1,
demolition of hapless teenager Daria Kasatkina.
The six time Melbourne Park winner and defending champion
easily out muscled the overawed Russian on Rod Laver Arena
in just 44 minutes ,the shortest match of the tournament so far.
It set her up with a fourth -round clash against another Russian,
Margarita Gasparyan,with a quarter-final beckoning against
old foe Maria Sharapova-a showdown William would be confident
winning.
She has beaten Sharapova in every match they have played
since 2004 I think I played well today It was one of those days
where everything I did went right "said the 34 year old ,
who offered some word of encouragement to Kasatkina.
She has such a bright future ,She's so young and she's headed
in the right direction,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..
The teen only played her first WTA tournament last April
but has so far managed to score three wins over top 50 opposition
signalling her promise .
She came to the event as the world's 69' ranked player but
was no match for the composed and massively experienced
American,who is gunning to equal Steffi Gref's Open-era record
of 22 grand Slam tittle.
The powerful Williams wasted little time in laying down the law,
winning a break for a 2-0 lead with Kasatkina barely getting
her racquet on her ball as she was pushed around the court.
Kasatkina managed to get on the score-board in holding serve
as the American rattled through the set in just 22 minutes.
After her second -round win Williams said she was pleased
by her consistency and lack of errors,,and it was a similar
story on Friday.
The American ,who dropped only three matches in 56 last
season,made few mistakes in a dominant display and broke in
the first game of the second set with out gunned Kasatkina
struggling against the Williams weaponry,
She didn't give up and won a service game to be 1-2 but that was
as good it got as William s cantered to the finish line,
Williams won three majors-the Australian and French Opens
and Wimbledon-last year which took her to within one of
Gref's long time of 22.
She claimed her first Australian Open tittle in 2003 ,beating
sister Vinus in the final and reached her sixth last year
when she toppled Sharapova.....AFP
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