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Venus Williams bows out of US Open with straight-sets defeat to Sofia Kenin
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Kenin reeled off three straight games to lead 3-1 in the second set, and while Williams showed flashes of the form that earned her seven Grand Slam titles, she struggled to string points together, with her second serve proving especially costly.
However, Williams still found a way to hold for 6-5 before Kenin forced a tiebreak. Italian Jasmine Paolini survived a scare to beat Slovenia’s Veronika Erjavec 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the opener at Louis Armstrong Stadium to set up a meeting with compatriot Lucrezia Stefanini.
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- Kenin reeled off three straight games to lead 3-1 in the second set, and while Williams showed flashes of the form that earned her seven Grand Slam titles, she struggled to string points together, with her second…
- However, Williams still found a way to hold for 6-5 before Kenin forced a tiebreak.
- Italian Jasmine Paolini survived a scare to beat Slovenia’s Veronika Erjavec 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the opener at Louis Armstrong Stadium to set up a meeting with compatriot Lucrezia Stefanini.
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- Al Jazeeralink