Serena Williams is through to the 3rd round of the US Open after suffering an early exit scare from 17-year-old fellow American Caty Mcnally. in the men’s singles defending champion, Novak Djokovic gave a spirited fight overcoming shoulder injury to win 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 against Juan Ignacio Londero.
US Open defending champion Novak Djokovic progressed to the last 32 of the ongoing us open with a win over Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Londero.
The top seed who is battling a shoulder injury, need the doctor’s attention trice during the encounter. He, however, went on to record a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 victory.
On the same breath, Serena Williams defeated fellow America Caty McNally 5-7 6-3 6-1 in US Open second round. McNally, standing up to Williams’ second serve, had the 37-year-old on the ropes when she took the first set.
But Williams dug deep in a late-night session in New York to prevail in three sets.
In the meantime, her sister Venus Williams was not as lucky as she got dumped out of the competition.
Venus lost to Fifth seed Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-4 with the opponent making it to the US Open third round.
The 24-year-old Ukrainian missed several opportunities to seal the win in a 17-minute ninth game of the second set. She eventually secured victory when a forehand from 2000 and 2001 champion Williams, 39, went long.