“It definitely feels solid”, Williams said of her shoulder.
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This was Williams” first daytime match of the U.S. Open, so she debuted a new outfit – a white dress accessorized with neon pink compression wraps on her arms, which she called “my “Wonder Woman’ sleeves”.
In the fourth round, Williams will play the 52d-ranked Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, who beat Shuai Zhang, 6-2, 7-5.
“I was making a lot of unforced errors and (Lorenzi) is very solid, and doesn’t give you cheap points”, Murray said.
Williams qualified for the fourth round of the US Open with her record-setting win yesterday as she looks towards claiming a 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
The dynamic sister duo first appeared at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens in 1997 for a doubles match on Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day – an exhibition match before the Open officially began.
“I feel OK”, she said when asked to grade her performance in week one.
After a poor second set, however, Murray tightened up in the third and fourth, pulling away from the Italian to seal a routine victory.
With Larsson seemingly unable to find an answer to the world number one’s sheer firepower off the ground, it was only a matter of time until Williams ruthlessly consolidated the early break, doing so at love, to establish an early three-game cushion on the Swede.
“I feel like I have been doing pretty good”, said Williams.
She’s more mature, both mentally and physically, Sevastova said.
Serena Williams hammers a forehand in her win over Johanna Larsson at the US Open in NY. Ana Konjuh, and No. 10 Karolina Pliskova against Venus Williams.
Serena is joined in the fourth round by her older sister, Venus, who notched up a 6-1, 6-2 win over 26th seed Laura Siegemund of Germany.
After her latest win and breaking the record, Serena told the media, “Wow”. From match point, the third-seeded Wawrinka fought his way back in the game despite suffering an ankle injury during the game to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (8), 6-2.
Novak Djokovic reached the US Open last 16 in just 32 minutes Friday when Mikhail Youzhny retired injured before fellow two-time victor Rafael Nadal also made the fourth round for the first time in three years.
The Swiss will play Illya Marchenko in the fourth round after Nick Kyrgios was forced to retire from his clash with the Ukrainian.
Fifth-seeded Simona Halep smashed her racket in frustration en route to a 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory over 34th-ranked Timea Babos.
There’s only one American man left: Jack Sock, who faces No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Sunday.
Juan Martin del Potro continued his progress at the US Open with a straight sets win over 11th seed David Ferrer. Karlovic plays No. 6 Kei Nishikori next.
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Juan Martin del Potro, whose career was almost derailed by injuries after his 2009 US Open triumph, fired 37 winners in a 7-6 (7/3), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Spanish 11th seed David Ferrer. “Really like a strong powerful character that is strong but yet isn’t afraid to be soft at the same time”. “She’s unsafe”, Mouratoglou said about Shvedova.
