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New York: Two-time champion Venus Williams made it into the third round after a straight sets (7-5, 6-4) win over Oceane Dodin on Day 3 at the US Open.<\/p>\nNew York: Two-time champion Venus Williams made it into the third round after a straight sets (7-5, 6-4) win over Oceane Dodin on Day 3 at the US Open.<\/p>\n
No.9 seed Venus Williams is one of seven women still in the running towards becoming the WTA’s next top ranked player, needing to win the title to have a chance to returning to WTA World No.1 for the first time since 2002.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, No.13 seed Petra Kvitova wasted little time in reaching the third round of the US Open, needing just 59 minutes to see off Aliz\u00e9 Cornet 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have any expectations here in the US Open or in the American hard court season,\u201d Kvitova said afterwards. \u201cI\u2019m just taking every match one day at a time. I\u2019m glad I do have another opportunity to play here, but I\u2019m not setting any goals for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
2006 US Open champion Maria Sharapova surged from a one-set deficit to eliminate Hungarian Timea Babos, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1. She survived another lengthy battle against Babos, who matched the Russian power for power throughout a two-hour and 19-minute tilt.<\/p>\n
“I definitely wanted to enjoy the quality of tennis that I played with the other night, but I also wanted to put my mind onto this one,” said Sharapova in her post-match press conference. “I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, no matter who I was going to play today. It’s always difficult after a match like that. My goal was just to get it done.”<\/p>\n
Pouille, Coric move into third round<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in men\u2019s section, Lucas Pouille claimed a five-set thriller in New York, battling to reach the third round on Wednesday. Pouille refused to succumb to Jared Donaldson, prevailing 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4 after three hours and 27 minutes.<\/p>\n
In another match, Borna Coric upset of No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev in the second round of the US Open. In the battle of the 20-year-old former junior rivals, Coric retained his unbeaten record against the German with a 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(1), 7-6(4) upset on Grandstand.<\/p>\n
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Courtesy: http:\/\/www.wtatennis.com<\/a>; www.atpworldtour.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No.9 seed Venus Williams is one of seven women still in the running towards becoming the WTA’s next top ranked player, needing to win the title to have a chance to returning to WTA World No.1 for the first time since 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[6480,466,1740,22637,4674,2579],"class_list":["post-35437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-maria-sharapova","tag-oceane-dodin","tag-us-open","tag-venus-williams"],"yoast_head":"\nNew York: Two-time champion Venus Williams made it into the third round after a straight sets (7-5, 6-4) win over Oceane Dodin on Day 3 at the US Open.<\/p>\n