Serena Williams beats Anett Kontaveit: US Open tennis 2022 – as it happened

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*Williams 1-2 Kontaveit (* - denotes next server)

Serena takes the first point but drops the next on a drop shot that drops far too soon. Kontaveit, though, deposits a shot in the net and then fumbles on the next point to give Serena two chances to break. The first is lost on a return that goes too long. Kontaveit erases the second with an ace.