Serena will next face the winner of the other women’s singles match between Dayana Yastremska and Karolina Muchova.
Serena Williams of the US shouts during Round Two Women's Singles match of the 2019 US Open against Caty McNally of the US at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on August 28, 2019. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP)
Six-time champion Serena Williams fought tooth and nail to survive a scare against teenager American Catherine McNally in the second round of the US Open.
Serena had to toil hard to defeat the 17-year-old 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 in a contest that lasted one-hour and 54 minutes at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday night.
“I think it’s great because I want to be able to win matches where I’m not playing my best, play players who are playing great..be able to come through,” Serena was quoted as saying in her post-match press conference by the WTA website. “I need to be tested, I guess.”
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With the victory, the No.8 seed kept her perfect record in second-round matches at the US Open intact — improving to 19-0 in this round at this event — two nights after reaching 19-0 in US Open first-round matches with her opening-night win over Russia’s Maria Sharapova.
“You don’t play players like her that have such full games,” Serena said of Catherine. “I think she just overall played really well.”
Serena will next face the winner of the other women’s singles match between Dayana Yastremska and Karolina Muchova.
(With inputs from IANS)
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