Serena Williams evolution away from tennis may have started, but she's not done yet, meeting number two seed Anett Kontaveit in the US Open second round. Follow all the action live.
Kontaveit comfortably won her first match at the US Open Kontaveit beat Romania's world number 77She is the second seed at Flushing Meadows, as befits her status as world number two, but despite that lofty ranking, she's had a relatively rough 2022.
Kontaveit has won back-to-back matches at only three events she's entered since February, losing in the first round at the French Open to. although did reach the final on clay at Hamburg, losing to"Once I found my groove, I was playing really well," Kontaveit said after her first round win. She has never met Serena Williams on court and said, as all the attention will be on Williams, she can relax and just play her game.
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