Barty, Serena, Svitolina & Keys enter US Open 3rd round

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Patna : World No 2 Ashleigh Barty, 23, Australia, World No 5 Elina Svitolina,  24, Ukraine, World No 8 Serena Williams, 37, USA, World No 9 Madison Keys, 24, USA, have advanced to the women singles 3rd of US Open at New York City, New York, USA.

Barty, the 2nd seed, beat World No 73 Lauren Davis, 25, USA, 6-2, 7-6 in 2nd round on August 29, 2019, early morning. She fired 8 Aces in the match to 1 by the American. Barty also won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Davis. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Incidentally, Davis won 53 service points in the match to 45 by French Open Champion Barty. Davis committed 6 double faults to 2 by the Australian.

Svitolina beat two-time champion and World No 52 Venus Williams, 39, USA, 6-4, 6-4 in 2nd round on August 28, 2019, late night. Svitolina won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Venus, the winner of 7 Grand Slam singles titles. Venus committed 7 double faults to 2 by Svitolina. The World No 5 Svitolina won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Venus, the winner of 5 Wimbledon titles.

Serena, bidding for her 24th Grand Slam titles, beat World No 121 Caty McNally, 17, USA, in three-sets 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 in 2nd round coming from behind. Serena, the six-time US Open Champion, fired 10 Aces in the match to 8 by McNally. Serena won 4 break points in the match to 1 by McNally. Serena committed 4 double faults in the match to 10 by McNally. Serena won 5 games in a row to 3 by McNally.

Madison Keys, who won the Cincinnati Open title on August 18, 2019, beat World No 122 Zhu Lin, 25, China, 6-4, 6-1 in 2nd round firing 4 Aces. Keys won 5 break points in the match to 2 by Lin. The American won 6 games in a row in the match to 3 by Lin.