“She’s been doing fantastic things with her life for such a long time and inspiring people”, Venus tells Us about the “Formation” singer.
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Williams beat fellow American Vania King 6-3 6-3 to reach the third round of the US Open and tie the record.
Fifth seed Kei Nishikori beat Karen Khachanov 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3.
“At first we didn’t know if there was just more people coming in at the change of ends, but then we quickly realised it was the rain”, Murray said. “I feel like I made a lot of errors”, Williams said.
“I didn’t expect to get a medal in Rio. And one of the things that I say is that.I always keep climbing, and that’s something that really resonates with me”, Williams said in an interview on the set of the video last week.
“Thankfully I got through that 5-4 game and then the momentum was back with me”, said Murray, who broke Granollers twice in the second set and once in a tightly contested third to seal the win. She compiled a 38-4 edge in winners.
He looked on his way to a routine victory over 45th-ranked Granollers with a 4-1 lead in the opening set, but wasted two set points in dropping his serve in the ninth game before finally breaking Granollers in the next on his seventh set point.
“If I play like this today, I will maybe have chance to do a great match against him”.
Yes, there were problems. He made 28 unforced errors and his first serve only landed 43 per cent of the time, but another straight-sets win will preserve energy for sterner tests to come.
Despite King’s best efforts, she simply couldn’t force the issue when she needed to against Williams.
Ferrer’s passage through to the third round has been totally different in contrast of del Potro’s smooth progression, however, in the first round, the Spaniard was up against the unsafe Alexandr Dolgopolov but leading 6-5, the Ukranian retired from the match.
“I have capitalised on a few opportunities”, Murray said.
Hitting 13 aces Thursday night with the roof closed at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Williams improved to 306-42 in matches at major tournaments, a winning percentage of.879. Navratilova retired with a 306-49 mark. She’s responded with two easy matches that have effectively allowed her to regain more timing and match preparation without burning her stamina. Rather than the fan and media expectations of 2015 when she was supposed to crush her opponents, Serena will be ready to take on the more directly competitive challenges of dueling with Halep and other possible semifinal and final opponents.
Never one to shy away from non-tennis interests, Williams recently appeared in one of Beyonce’s music videos and introduced a performance by her at the MTV Video Music Awards in Manhattan on Sunday night.
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“If they see something good in my game, that’s important, because I’m showing a good game at the moment”. It was just something that I wanted to try.
