
Serena Williams roared into the third round of the US Open tennis championship on Wednesday, overpowering second seed Anett Kontaveit with a battling performance that extended her Grand Slam singles career in dramatic fashion.
Forty-year-old Williams, who has hinted she plans to retire after this tournament, needed all her resilience and fighting spirit to take down Kontaveit in an electrifying three-setter at Arthur Ashe Stadium.