Even a rain delay barely slowed defending champion Serena Williams in her 6-0, 6-2 progress past Samantha Stosur Wednesday at the WTA hardcourt tournament at Montreal.
Williams, the world number one and top seed, had seized the first set and they were knotted at 1-1 in the second when rain halted play.
The American showed no ill-effects when they returned to the court, wrapping up the victory over the unseeded Australian in 58 minutes.
“I’ve just been working on some things, working hard,” Williams said. “Hopefully they’ll come together. I’ve just been waiting.”
Williams stretched her career record over Stosur to 7-3. The Australian stunned Williams in the final of the 2011 US Open, but Williams has now won all three of their meetings since.
Williams still found flaws she wants to improve.
“My toss was a little everywhere. I think I wasn’t as relaxed as I wanted to be,” Williams said. “But there’s always room for improvement Always keep that in mind, that I can continue to improve. So that’s one thing that I definitely want to work on.”