SERENA WILLIAMS broke the record for most wins in the Australian Open with victory number 61, beating Daniela Hantuchova, 6-3, 6-3, to reach the fourth round.
The five-time Australian Open champion later withdrew from the doubles, avoiding any extra exposure to the blazing sun during the once-in-a-century heat wave that was gripping Melbourne for a fourth straight day.
Two-time finalist Li Na, the major threat to top-ranked Williams in the top half of the women’s draw, had to save a match point before coming back to beat No. 26-seeded Lucie Safarova, 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, in 2 hours, 37 minutes.
Williams wrapped up the match in 1 hour, 20 minutes. She has conceded just 12 games in three straight-set wins this week.
She equaled Margaret Court’s Australian Open mark of 60 match wins with her second-round victory, and beat that in the third round when she also matched Lindsay Davenport’s record of 69 main-draw matches in the Open era. That means she’ll set another record just by showing up on Sunday, against the winner of the night match between 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur and former No. 1-ranked Ana Ivanovic. Noli Cruz
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