Serena Williams Survives First Round

Serena William, who seemed visibly shocked by a chair referee error, mobilized to pull out a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5 first round victory over Samantha Stosur of Australia in Sydney International. Williams fought off four match points in the 10th game of the third set before breaking Stosur two games later to win the game. Stosur went to break Williams and won the ensuing tie breaker. Williams was serving for the match at 6-5 and 30-30 in the second set when the referee, Asitha Attigala of Sri Lanka, missed a call to leave Williamss serve.