Serena Williams, in what is expected to be her final tournament before retiring, got off to a good start on Monday, beating Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-3, 6-3
NEW YORK (AFP) – Serena Williams said she is “staying vague” over her expected retirement from tennis after reaching the US Open second round on Monday. “I have been pretty vague about it, right? I’m going to stay vague because you never know,” said the 40-year-old after beating Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3. Williams, a 23-time […]
exciting battle battle against danka kovinic in the second round. the british number one took it to a third set, but just wasn t strong enough to overcome her older opponent. raducanu made a great start to the match, breaking serve in the opening game and then again, to race into a 3 love lead. however, she needed on court treatment for a blister and then began to struggle, losing the first set. but she recovered to level the match, producing some spectacular shots. however, she couldn t close out against kovinic, who s ranked 80 places below her at 98 in the world. andy murray has said his performance wasn t good enough after he was knocked out by the japanese qualifier taro daniel. tuesday s five set win over nikoloz basilashvili looked to have taken it out of the former british number one, and it was a lacklustre display against daniel, who s below him in the world rankings but six years younger. murray did show some of the strength and determination we ve seen from him so often,
been knocked out of the australian open in the second round. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. a morning treat, two british grand slam champions on court at the same time. but both were about to put fans through the wringer. the us open champion got off to a flyer, breaking opponent danka kovinic early, but soon emma raducanu was in trouble with blisters on her racket hand. a set down and raducanu s only real weapon now was her backhand. she was smiling but winning the second set meant playing through the pain. commentator: ouch. and in the final set, as her right hand rallied, her backhand faulted and kovinic inflicted the final blow. commentator: and she has done it. there are some people in my team that maybe didn t want me to play but i wanted to go out there and fight through it. just two days after playing five sets with his metal hip, andy murray was slow out of the gate against japan s taro daniel, ranked 120th in the world, and 16 unforced errors from the sc
grand slam winners, andy murray and emma raducanu, have been knocked out of the australian open in the second round. natalie pirks has all the details. a morning treat, two british grand slam champions on court at the same time. but both were about to put fans through the wringer. the us open champion got off to a flyer, breaking opponent danka kovinic early, but soon emma raducanu was in trouble with blisters on her racket hand. a set down and raducanu s only real weapon now was her backhand. she was smiling but winning the second set meant playing through the pain. commentator: ouch. and in the final set, as her right hand rallied, her backhand faulted and kovinic inflicted the final blow. commentator: and she s done it. there are some people in my team that maybe didn t want me to play but i wanted to go out there and fight through it. it s quite hard to learn or teach someone that fight and grittiness, to hang in there when things are pretty much all against you,