Serena Williams: I'm improving match by match

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January 20, 2016 11:33 AM

Slowly but surely, defending Australian Open champion Serena Williams feels she is starting to play her best tennis at Melbourne Park.

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Williams had limited preparation in the lead-up to the season's opening grand slam due to a knee injury, which forced the American star to withdraw from the Hopman Cup earlier this month.

The world number one, however, has not missed a beat at Melbourne Park so far after reaching the third round via a 6-1 6-2 win over Hsieh Su-wei on Wednesday.

Asked about the most pleasing aspect of her match on Rod Laver Arena, Williams said: "Definitely my consistency.

"I don't think I made that many errors today. Something I was hopefully trying to get back into.

"And I moved much better today, I think, so slowly but surely feeling a little bit better."

Williams fired down seven aces, tallied 26 winners and broke serve on four occasions as she made light work of the world number 90.

The 21-time grand slam champion, who will meet Daria Kasatkina for a spot in the fourth round, added: "I think I was really focused and, you know, that first round really helped me because I was really just fighting. I really gave a big effort there.

"Today again I just wanted to stay focused for the whole time."

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