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Serena Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Vesna Dolonc of Serbia during their women's singles match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 15, 2014. REUTERS
Top seed Serena Williams took just 63 minutes to reach the third round of the Australian Open here Wednesday.
The five-time winner eased to a straight-set victory against her Serb opponent Vesna Dolonc at 6-1, 6-2, reported Xinhua.
As the oldest player to ever rank No. 1, Williams went on to win 11 titles in 2013.
Williams will match former world number ones Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova by winning an 18th Grand Slam title to open her 2014.
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