Serena Williams moved into the third round of the U.S. Open with a victory over No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit on Wednesday night.
NEW YORK — Serena Williams can call it “evolving” or “retiring” or whatever she wants. And she can be coy about whether this U.S. Open actually will mark the end of her playing days. Those 23 Grand Slam titles earned that right.
Williams hit serves at up to 119 mph, stayed with Kontaveit during lengthy exchanges of big swings from the baselines and conjured some of her trademark brilliance when it was needed most. Whatever rust accumulated when Williams missed about a year of action before returning to the tour in late June at Wimbledon appears to have vanished. She lost in the first round at the All England Club to a player ranked outside the top 100 and was 1-3 in 2022 entering the U.S. Open.Williams also has doubles to play. She and her sister Venus have won 14 major championships as a team and will begin that event Thursday night.
“It was her moment,” Kontaveit said. “Of course this is totally about her and I was very aware of that.” The match began with Kontaveit grabbing the first five points, Williams the next five. And on they went, back and forth. Kontaveit’s mistakes were cheered — even faults, drawing an admonishment for the crowd from chair umpire Alison Hughes about making noise between serves.
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