Two - time champion Venus Williams loses in third round of Australian Open . Italian world No . 1 Sara Errani wins epic encounter 6 - 0 3 - 6 7 - 6 . Williams was serving for the match at 5-3 up only for Errani to break back and eventually force a deciding tiebreak . Qualifier Mirjana Lucic - Baroni knocks out second seed and ##ël . The former Croatian teenage star describes her shock victory as ` ` incredible ''
Two - time champion Venus Williams loses in third round of Australian Open . Italian world No . 1 Sara Errani wins epic encounter 6 - 0 3 - 6 7 - 6 . Qualifier Mirjana Lucic - Baroni knocks out second seed and ##ël . The former Croatian teenage star describes her shock victory as ` ` incredible ''