Williams weathers Halep storm

Thursday 23rd June 2011, 2:30PM BST.

Serena Williams survived a major scare on Court Two to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

The American dropped the first set against Romanian Simona Halep but came back to win 3-6 6-2 6-1.

The seventh seed will now face either Maria Kirilenko or Tamarine Tanasugarn in the next round.



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