Serena Williams vs. Yulia Putintseva: Score, Reaction from 2016 Indian Wells

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Published: March 14, 2016

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After nearly dropping the first set, Serena Williams stormed back for a convincing straight-set win over Yulia Putintseva in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Sunday, 7-6(2), 6-0.

Williams won the match in one hour, 15 minutes and nine seconds to advance to the round of 16, and WTA tweeted this after the match was over:



Despite four aces in the first set, Williams' self-inflicted errors cost her early on. Her two double-faults allowed Putintseva to take a 5-4 lead and gave her a chance to claim the all-important first set. But Williams knotted the set up 5-5.

Shad Powers of the Desert Sun noted the atmosphere of the crowd after Williams avoided losing the first set:   



Boxing legend Mike Tyson was even in attendance to witness Williams' break point to force a tiebreaker, via Tennis TV:



In the end, Williams stormed back to quickly win the first set in tiebreaking fashion, via Tennis TV:



It was one of Williams' powerful serves that provided the point to give her the set, via WTA:



Once Williams completed her comeback in the first set, the second turned out to be a formality. Williams blanked Putintseva after a double-fault-free second set to go along with three aces. She won eight of nine first-service points and won 80 percent of the total service points in the second set.

After a marathon first set that took 50 minutes, it only took 25 minutes for Williams to put Putintseva away, per BBC.com.

Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times thought Williams' second set was her best since January:



Williams now advances to the fourth round, where she will take on Kateryna Bondarenko. Williams has not only played well through these first two matches in the Paribas Open, but they've been quick victories. This matchup took 12...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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