Serena Williams Overcomes French Favorite Kristina Mladenovic, 6-4,7-6(10) to Setup a Match with Svitolina

February 18, 2020

Serena Williams Overcomes French Favorite Mladenovic, 6-4,7-6(10) to Setup a Match with Svitolina

The World No 1 Player in the Female Tennis Sport Stamped her Authority on the Clay court today to See out French Favorite Mladenovic, 23 in a game that could have ended hours ago but had to be delayed due to heavy rain pouring down hard on the Clay court.

The Game had to be Suspended after over one hour of play, as Serena Dictated the game Leading 6-4 in the first set and was in a tie break in the second set on 6-6.

Serena Williams Overcomes French Favorite Mladenovic, 6-4,7-6(10)

Serena Roars Hard after Game Set and Match against Mladenovic

Serena Williams d. Kristina Mladenovic in 3R. Final score: 6-4, 7-6(10) in 2h11 minutes. #RG16

— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2016

From the Stats below Serena had 2 double faults, 31 unforced errors, winning 60% on her first Serve, 3 Aces, 72% point won on her First Serve, 58% on her second Serve, earning her a total of 97 Points on the afternoon Compared to Mladenovic who finished with 88 points.

Match Stats

S. Williams		K. Mladenovic
Aces	3		3
Double Faults	2		7
Break Point Conversions	1 of 12 = 8 %		0 of 4 = 0 %
Winners	27		27
Unforced Errors	31		35
1st Serve %	60 %		58 %
1st Serve Points Won	38 of 53 = 72 %		37 of 56 = 66 %
2nd Serve Points Won	21 of 36 = 58 %		21 of 40 = 53 %
Fastest Serve Speed	121.2 MPH		113.1 MPH
Average 1st Serve Speed	107.6 MPH		102.1 MPH
Average 2nd Serve Speed	87.6 MPH		87.0 MPH
Net Approaches	15 of 25 = 60 %		8 of 13 = 62 %
Total Points Won	97		88

Play resumed after about two and half hour of rain, it took the Legend herself about 2h 11m to see out the ever strong Mladenovic whom had the partisan Crowd behind her all day.

Serena Williams Overcomes French Favorite Kristina Mladenovic, 6-4,7-6(10) to Setup a Match with Svitolina

kristina mladenovic Shocked after rallying on for long

The Game ended 6-4, 6-6(10) as Williams Progresses to her 10th round of 16 at Roland Garros.

Serena during her post match interview said:

Watch: Another look at Serena’s match point celebration against Mladenovic after a tough, 22-point tiebreak. #RG16 https://t.co/eLP1fySboP

— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2016

“I think she played well,” Williams said afterwards. “I feel like I made a tremendous amount of errors. But, you know, I feel like she kind of forced me to. She forced me to go for it.”

She went on further to say:

“I just made it a point to play my game,” Williams said of the tiebreak. “Up until that point I had not been playing my game. I was playing really defensive. It’s not me.