Williams secures a straight-sets victory at the Auckland WTA Classic
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Serena Williams found her power game after a sluggish start as she overcame qualifier Camila Giorgi to open her 2020 season with a straight-sets victory at the Auckland WTA Classic on Tuesday. “I feel really good, it was fun to be out there,” Williams said after sealing her 6-3 6-2 victory with her eighth ace against the 99th-ranked Giorgi.Williams, originally drawn to play two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova before the Russian pulled out due to a virus, said her preparation had been helped by playing doubles with Caroline Wozniacki the previous evening, which allowed her to adapt to the blustery Auckland weather.
In Williams’s first match since losing the US Open final in September, she took time to settle and was forced to save an early break point with the first six games all going with serve.
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