Serena Williams win's over Mchale in Rome 2016

ROME, Italy

Trailing by an early break, top seed Serena Williams saved a set point to outlast countrywoman Christina Mchale  and ease into the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d''Italia, 7-6(7), 6-1.

"I feel good, because I feel like she hits a lot of balls back," she said in her post-match press conference. "I wanted to get a match in like that where she gets a lot of balls back and see how I was able to do against that and see how I was physically after that, too.

"I think physically, you know, every day is a new day for me, and I just try to see when I wake up. I just go from there."