US Open Tennis 2015 Results: Scores, Highlights, Reaction from Wednesday Night
Both Venus and Serena Williams had to work a bit to advance to the third round of the 2015 U.S. Open on Wednesday, but they got the job done. Serena, who is chasing her fifth straight Grand Slam title, was pushed to a tiebreaker in her first set against Kiki Bertens.
Williams would respond as she took the second set much easier and kept the possibilities for the calendar Slam in order with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win. Service accuracy was an issue in the first set. Williams double-faulted eight times in the first frame, which created some difficulty.
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Venus dropped the second set to Irina Falconi before her powerful serve and experience proved to be too much for her opponent, as she rebounded to win, 6-3, 6-7 (7-2), 6-2. The Williams sisters are still on course for a potential quarterfinals meeting if both can continue to win.
Next up for Serena is a third-round match with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. On Wednesday, Mattek-Sands knocked off Coco Vandeweghe, 6-2, 6-1. The two women have played twice before in their careers, but it's been more than seven years since they last met.
Williams won both of the previous matches, with the last one taking place at the 2008 Wimbledon championships. Mattek-Sands will be doing her best to pull off her first win over Williams and, in the process, stop history.
Venus will have a slightly stiffer challenge when she faces 12th-seeded Belinda Bencic. Williams has won each of the previous matches against Bencic, but the veteran knows she can’t take her opponent lightly.
Venus sounded like someone savoring every last moment she gets to spend as a professional tennis player, via WTATennis.com: "It's been wonderful to have such a long career; it's been a real blessing. I love what I do, and I try to do it well. I hope it's entertaining!"
Here's a look at the results for all of Wednesday's ranked action. Click here to see the results of all the matches.
| Women's Singles | |
| No. 19 Madison Keys def. Tereza Smitkova | 6-1, 6-2 |
| No. 1 Serena Williams def. Kiki Bertens | 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 |
| No. 23 Venus Williams def. Irina Falconi | 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2 |
| No. 25 Eugenie Bouchard def. Polona Hercog | 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 |
| No. 15 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Magda Linette | 6-3, 6-2 |
| No. 13 Ekaterina Makarova def. Lauren Davis | 6-1, 6-2 |
| No. 12 Belinda Bencic def. Misaki Doi | 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 |
| Anett Kontaveit def. No. 31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 7-5, 6-4 |
| No. 17 Elina Svitolina def. Kaia Kanepi | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Men's Singles | |
| No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Andreas Haider-Maurer | 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 |
| No. 9 Marin Cilic def. Evgeny Donskoy | 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 |
| No. 18 Feliciano Lopez def. Mardy Fish | 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 |
| No. 8 Rafael Nadal def. Diego Schwartzman | 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 7-5 |
| No. 10 Milos Raonic def. Fernando Verdasco | 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-2) |
| No. 19 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Marcel Granollers | 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 |
| No. 7 David Ferrer def. Filip Krajinovic | 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) |
| Mikhail Kukushkin def. No. 17 Grigor Dimitrov | 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 4-6. 6-4 |
| No. 14 David Goffin def. Ricardas Berankis | 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 |
| No. 25 Andreas Seppi def. Teymuraz Gabashvili | 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 |
| No. 27 Jeremy Chardy def. Martin Klizan | 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) |
| No. 32 Fabio Fognini def. Pablo Cuevas | 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
| No. 26 Tommy Robredo def. Sam Groth | 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 |
| No. 23 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Pablo Carreno Busta | 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 |
Men's No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 win over Andreas Haider-Maurer. Djokovic won 83 percent of his first-service points and made just 19 unforced errors en route to the win.
U.S. Open Tennis captured Djokovic's victorious moment and provided a tidbit on his dominance through the first two rounds:
Things figure to get a little more difficult in the next round for the top seed. He will face No. 25 Andreas Seppi with a berth in the fourth round at stake. Seppi staved off Teymuraz Gabashvili's upset bid with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 win.
Djokovic figures to be the heavy favorite, but the serious challenges are about to begin for all of the game's top players.
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