Serena wins first set, 6-1After getting a medical timeout at 2-1 in the first set, Serena broke Venus’s serve in the next game to take 3-1 lead. Fritz and Thiem were familiar opponents, having met in the second round here last year. He has yet to advance past the second round in the main draw at a Grand Slam event. She had needed three sets (and nearly three hours) to get past Anhelina Kalinina, a qualifier from Ukraine, in the second round. 2 seed in the women’s draw, was upset in the second round by Lesia Tsurenko.

Source: New York Times August 31, 2018 14:08 UTC