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Serena Williams To Face Danka Kovinic In US Open Start As Retirement Looms

Serena Williams will face Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in her first round match at the US Open following the draw for the tournament made on Thursday. Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam title winner who has hinted she will make the event her farewell tournament, is in the same quarter of the draw as second seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. The 40-year-old American superstar, whose first Grand Slam title came at the 1999 US Open, would meet Kontaveit in the second round if both win their opening matches at the year's final Grand Slam event, which begins Monday.

Canada's Fernandez draws France's Dodin in 1st round as U.S. Open draw is finalized

Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu learned their first-round opponents at the 2022 U.S. Open Thursday as the Canadians look to make another deep run at the final tennis major of the season.

Serena to face Kovinic in US Open start as retirement looms

Serena Williams will face Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in her first round match at the US Open following the draw for the tournament made on Thursday.

Sofia Kenin finding form ahead of US Open with win in Cleveland

The 2020 Australian Open champion has suffered back-to-back first-round exits at her last two US Open tune-up events but has looked much better in Cleveland, winning 70% of her first serve points and saving four of the five break points she faced against the Romanian. Kenin, whose father Alex returned to her coaching team earlier this year, will next face either top-seeded 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova or American Bernarda Pera in the quarterfinals.

Tennis-Kenin finding form ahead of U.S. Open with win in Cleveland

(Reuters) - A solid Sofia Kenin knocked fifth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu out of the Tennis in the Land tournament on Tuesday as the American looks to find her form and add a second Grand Slam trophy to her case when the U.S. Open kicks off next week.

Kenin finding form ahead of US Open with win in Cleveland

A solid Sofia Kenin knocked fifth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu out of the Tennis in the Land tournament on Tuesday as the American looks to find her form and add a second Grand Slam trophy to her case when the U.S. Open kicks off next week.

'Go f*** yourself': Snake Island riposte stamped on Russian's passport

Ukrainian border guards have been accused of stamping a Russian man's passport with the words "Russian warship, go f*** yourself".

WTA roundup: No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina survives scare in Quebec

No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia dropped a first-set tiebreak before coming back to win a marathon over Belgium's Greet Minnen 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 on Monday in first-round action at the Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby in Granby, Quebec.

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Serena Williams To Face Danka Kovinic In US Open Start As Retirement Looms

Canada's Fernandez draws France's Dodin in 1st round as U.S. Open draw is finalized

Serena to face Kovinic in US Open start as retirement looms

Sofia Kenin finding form ahead of US Open with win in Cleveland

Tennis-Kenin finding form ahead of U.S. Open with win in Cleveland

Kenin finding form ahead of US Open with win in Cleveland

'Go f*** yourself': Snake Island riposte stamped on Russian's passport

WTA roundup: No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina survives scare in Quebec