Serena Williams breaks three-year title drought at ASB Classic Globe_Sports
Serena Williams from the U.S. with daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. and the ASB trophy after winning her singles finals match against U.S.'s Jessica Pegula at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 12, 2020.Serena Williams broke a three-year title drought when she beat fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win the singles final at the ASB Classic.
The last three years have been challenging for Williams as she juggled to competing demands of tennis and motherhood. But she seemed to turn a corner during a demanding week in which she played both doubles and singles, turning out on all seven days of the tournament. Pegula broke Williams in the opening game and was dominant for the first half of the first set, moving Williams around to open up the court for her punishing passing shots. She also chased down everything, making returns that Williams thought out of her reach.But Williams visibly called on herself to lift near the middle of the set, breaking to level at 3-3. She then held serve to love and broke Pegula for 5-3, serving out the first set in 51 minutes.
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