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Michael Fitzpatrick

Goodbye girl Serena marches on at US Open with triumph over second seed

Legendary service: Serena survives to fight another day. © AFP - KENA BETANCUR

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.

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