Serena Williams made it to the 3rd round at the US Open Source: SITA/AP/Frank Franklin II NEW YORK – American tennis player Serena Williams made it to the 3rd round of singles at the US Open grand slam tournament in New York. In the meeting of the 2nd round, she eliminated the second player of the world ranking, Anett Kontaveitová from Estonia, 7:6 (4), 2:6, 6:2. The 40-year-old Williams, who already announced in August that the event would be her farewell to top tennis, thus extended her singles career. The six-time New York champion scored eleven aces and 38 winning strokes. “I don’t need to rush into sports retirement, there’s still something left in me. We’ll see how it goes, I’m a fairly good player and I like challenges. I’m just Serena, I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. I have nothing to lose, I feel like I’m already she won,” AFP quoted Williams as saying. Her closest opponent will be Australian Ajla Tomljanovičová, who defeated Russian Yevgenija Rodinová 1:6, 6:2, 7:5. Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeurová from Tunisia defeated home Elizaberh Mandliková 7:5, 6:3 as the fifth seed. China’s Wang Si-ju took care of the surprise, knocking out the third-seeded Maria Sakkariová from Greece 3:6, 7:5, 7:5. Eighteenth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova from Russia handled the Belgian Maryna Zanevska smoothly 6:2, 6:3. The twenty-year-old “spider” American Madison Keysová, the finalist from 2017, broke the resistance of the Italian Camila Giorgio after a three-set battle 6:4, 5:7, 7:6 (6). women – singles – 2nd round: Serena Williamsová (USA) – Anett Kontaveitová (Est.-2) 7:6 (4), 2:6 Coco Gauffová (USA-12) – Gabriela Ruseová (Romania) 6:2, 7:6 (4)
Ľudmila Samsonová – Leylah Fernandezová (Kan.-14) 6:3, 7:6 (3)
Aleksandra Kruničová (Serb.) – Barbora Krejčíková (ČR-23) 2:6, 6:4, 6:2 Ajla Tomljanovičová (Aus.) – Jevgenija Rodinová 1:6, 6:2, 7:5
Dálma Gálfiová (Germany) – Harriet Dartová (V. Brit.) 6:4, 6:0 Veronika Kudermetová (Rus.-18) – Maryna Zanevská (Belg.) 6:2, 6:3 Caroline Garciová (Fr.- 17) – Anna Kalinská (Russia) 6:3, 6:1 Alison Riskeová-Amritrajová (USA-29) – Camila Osoriová (Col.) 6:4, 6:7 (5), 7:6 (5) Rebecca Marinová (Can.) – Daria Snigurová (Ukr.) 6:3, 7:6 (5) Madison Keysová (USA-20) – Camila Giorgiová (Italy) 6:4, 5:7, 7:6 (6) Wang Si-jü (China) – Maria Sakkariová (Gr.-3) 3:6, 7:5, 7:5 Ons Jabeurová (Tun.-5) – Elizabeth Mandliková (USA) 7:5, 6:2 Photo gallery article Number of photos: 6 Author: © List of VIDEOS: Youtube/US Open Tennis Championships Source: TASR