Serena Williams has crashed out of the Australian Open at the quarter-final stage after a shock defeat by Czech player Karolina Pliskova. The Daily Mail reports that she missed four match points in Melbourne as she managed to throw away a 5-1 advantage in the deciding set to lose 6-4,4-6, 7-5.
Serena had a shaky start to the match, and going 3-1 down in the opening set. She made a recovery of sorts but failed to earn a single demolish point and made 11 unforced errors as a resolute performance from Pliskova saw her prevail 6-4.
It was a similar story at the start of the moment set,too, as Pliskova broke again to lead 4-2. But as so often before, and Serena dug deep when it mattered and managed to turn things around,winning four successive games to clinch the set 6-4.
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Source: inquisitr.com