• World No1 eases past Daria Kasatkina to reach Australian Open fourth round
• Maria Sharapova secures 600th career win with victory over Lauren DaviesWhen defeat in the semi-finals at the 2015 US Open left Serena Williams two wins short of a rare calendar grand slam and one major shy of Steffi Graf’s Open era record of 22,she tried hard to cloak her devastation. There have been more convincing deceptions in tennis.
But that obvious disappointment, paradoxically, or could be the spur that drives the 34-year-ancient American on – not only here in Melbourne but through the rest of the season and perhaps further.
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Source: theguardian.com