Serena Williams stunned at Australian Open, ending record bid

China's Wang Qiang shakes hands with Serena Williams of the US after victory during their women's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 24, 2020.MELBOURNE, Australia - Serena Williams was sensationally knocked out of the Australian Open third round by China's Wang Qiang on Friday, torpedoing her bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown.

"I think my team always believed I can do it," said 27th seed Wang, who lost 6-1, 6-0 to Williams in last year's US Open quarter-finals."After last time I did really hard work on and off court, I believed I could do it." Williams came out firing for the second set but her chances plunged when she was broken to go 3-2 down, and it looked all over when she let Wang off the hook on break point in the eighth.

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