Serena Williams vs. Evita Svitolina: Score, Reaction from 2015 Australian Open

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Published: January 24, 2015

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For the second consecutive match, Serena Williams overcame early struggles to survive and advance at the Australian Open. The top seed on the women's side won 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 over 26th-ranked Elina Svitolina.  

This result was almost a carbon copy of what happened to Williams in the second round. She got behind early, in this case dropping the first set, before kicking things into gear. The 33-year-old won the first four games of the second set to buy some breathing room and never looked back. 

To put things in clearer perspective, Ben Rothenberg of The New York Times found the perfect analogy to describe Williams' win:



Williams talked about how her game really came together during the previous match against Vera Zvonareva in the second round when she popped off 10-straight game wins, via CNN.com:

"Things really clicked," Williams said. "I had no other option but for things to click. I just had to start playing better."

Whatever was working on that day abandoned her early against Svitolina. The first set was more about what Williams wasn't doing than anything particularly memorable about her opponent, via the Australian Open on Twitter:



However, Steve Tignor of Tennis.com, Williams did seem to turn things on at the end of that opening set:



That sentiment was echoed by Sports Illustrated Tennis when Williams took the second set 6-2:



Last year, Williams struggled in the Grand Slam events. She did win the U.S. Open, but didn't make it past the fourth round in the three other major tournaments. One thing that stood out was how she so often struggled against inferior opponents before eventually getting knocked off by one of them. 

That has seemed like the case again this year, as Williams struggled early against Zvonareva and Svitolina. That only works so long before the tidal wave...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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