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Article: Serena Williams, Henin win in straight sets to start Australian Open

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The difference in 12 months was easy to see.

Serena Williams, wearing fuschia bicycle shorts and headband, a short white dress and dangling, chandelier-inspired earrings, found her form quickly and beat Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 6-3 Monday in the first match in the Australian Open.

Last year, Williams was unseeded, ranked 81st and coming off one of her worst losses on tour _ in a Tier 4 event at Hobart _ yet she beat six seeded players en route to the title at Melbourne Park. It was her eighth, and least expected, Grand Slam win.

Expectations _ hers and the pundits _ are much higher this season.

"It's obviously a lot different _ I'm not No. 81 any more. And the ...

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