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Serena Williams Routs Chanelle Scheepers to Make Wimbledon Third Round
Chasing her 18th Grand Slam title, top-seeded American Serena Williams overwhelmed the 94th-ranked South African, Chanelle Scheepers in the opening match on Court 1 at the All England Club.
- Associated Press
- Updated: June 26, 2014 08:05 PM IST
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Serena Williams served eight aces and had 26 winners.© AP
London:
Five-time champion Serena Williams wasted no time in reaching the third round at Wimbledon, routing Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday in just 49 minutes.
Chasing her 18th Grand Slam title, the top-seeded American overwhelmed the 94th-ranked South African in the opening match on Court 1 at the All England Club.
Williams served eight aces and had 26 winners.
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The 30-year-old Scheepers, who had never won a match at Wimbledon until this week, had only five winners to go with 13 unforced errors.
Williams, coming off a second-round loss at the French Open, is playing in her 15th Wimbledon and 56th Grand Slam tournament.
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