Serena out-guns Azarenka to reach Indian Wells 3rd rd
INDIAN WELLS - Serena Williams out-gunned Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-3 in an electrifying clash of former world number ones on Friday to reach the third round at Indian Wells."It was really good for me to kind of fight through that, because literally I had to fight for every point," Williams said.
While Williams took her record over Azarenka to 18-4, the Belarusian said she would always relish any chance to take on her longtime rival. "We're both moms, and we know how hard it is and how hard it's been for us to come back, starting literally from scratch and fighting our way back," Williams said."I think it's not a surprise that we have mutual respect and love off the court," Azarenka said. "On the court it's a fight. It's a war, it's a lot of intensity.
In the third round she faces another former world number one, Spain's Garbine Muguruza, a two-time Grand Slam champion who breezed into the third round with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over American Lauren Davis. But there was more misery for world number four Sloane Stephens, who was unceremoniously bundled out by Swiss qualifier Stefanie Voegele 6-3, 6-0.
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