The American great, one short of Australian Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles, faces China's 27th seed Wang Qiang next in Melbourne.
But the eighth seed was restrained in her celebrations and said:"It was a good match for me, she was a really good fighter, she did not just let me win." Williams then struggled through her own service game at 3-2 down, with a brief stoppage while the roof closed because of more rain in Melbourne. The American great described herself as"frustrated" by her failure to bury her opponent in those two service games."I knew I had to play better and couldn't keep making unforced errors like that, otherwise it was going to be a long evening for me."
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