59 de minute a stat pe teren Serena Williams pentru a obtine calificarea in optimile de la US Open, liderul mondial pierzand doar trei game-uri (6-2, 6-1) in meciul cu Johanna Larsson (Suedia, 47 WTA). In aceeasi faza a turneului de la New York au mai ajuns, printre altele, Agnieszka Radwanska, Karolina Pliskova si Venus Williams.

Serena Williams, la US OpenFoto: usopen.org

Turul 3 feminin, s-au disputat sambata:

6-Venus Williams - 26-Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-2

10-Karolina Pliskova - 17-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-4

Ana Konjuh - Varvara Lepchenko 6-3 3-6 6-2

1-Serena Williams - Johanna Larsson 6-2 6-1

Yaroslava Shvedova - Zhang Shuai 6-2 7-5

4-Agnieszka Radwanska - 25-Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3

5-Simona Halep - 31-Timea Babos 6-1 2-6 6-4

11-Carla Suarez Navarro - 19-Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-3.

Program optimi:

S.Williams (1) - Y.Shvedova

C.Suarez Navarro (11) - S.Halep (5)

A.Radwanska (4) - A.Konjuh

Ka.Pliskova (10) - V.Williams (6)

M.Keys (8) - C.Wozniacki

J.Konta (13) - A.Sevastova

R.Vinci (7) - L.Tsurenko

P.Kvitova (14) - A.Kerber (2).