Serena Williams advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open after coming back from the brink of defeat to down fifth seed Nadia Petrova 1-6 7-5 6-3 today.
A winner in Melbourne in 2003 and 2005, Williams is unseeded because her ranking slipped substantially in 2006, when she missed much of the year with a left knee injury.
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