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At the Australian Open, victory comes in different strokes

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It can take 19 hours to fly from Moscow to Melbourne and 58 minutes to be sent home by Serena Williams. This is Anastasia Potapova's Monday and it doesn't look like fun but she, 18, has earned her way into the Open, one of 128 select women, and as a reward gets to play a legend on a court named after another.
This is also victory of a sort.
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