Serena Williams beats Anett Kontaveit in 2nd-round US Open match
She's back!
Serena Williams won her second-round match of the U.S. Open Wednesday on yet another electric night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, defeating the WTA No. 2-ranked player Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in three sets, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2.
Williams defeated 80th-ranked Danka Kovinić of Montenegro in two sets, 6-3, 6-3, on Monday night, in an electric match that could have been her last professional singles appearance. Following her win, a celebration for Williams was held at center court, including appearances from tennis legend Billie Jean King and a taped message narrated by Oprah.
All eyes have been on Williams, 40, who had announced earlier this month in a personal essay for Vogue that she would be "evolving away" from tennis. If she loses tonight, it will end a nearly three-decade-long dominant career in professional tennis.
But she won't be done at the U.S. Open in Flushing: Williams will also reunite with her older sister Venus Williams to play a doubles first-round match on Thursday night.
Williams has won 23 major singles titles -- the most in the Open Era for men or women -- but is in pursuit to notch one more at Arthur Ashe Stadium, on the same court she won her first major title in 1999.
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