Defending champion Serena
Williams and sister Venus both survived scares to progress at Wimbledon.
Serena beat the world number
65 Christina McHale, 6-7 (7) 6-2 6-4 on Centre Court while Venus won 7-5 4-6
10-8 against teenager Daria Kasatkina.
Serena trailed 2-0 at the
start of the deciding set but won in two hours 29 minutes on Centre Court
against her fellow American.
The top seed took out her
anger on her racket after losing the first set.
"I was just really,
really really angry"
She hammered her racket
repeatedly into the ground before tossing it backward. It slid on the grass and
landed in the lap of a cameraman.
"I was just really,
really, really angry. I had a lot of chances," said Serena, who hit 40
unforced errors in the rain-affected second round match.
"She got really lucky on
some shots. She just was playing great. I was a little disappointed in myself
at that point."
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