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The Latest: Venus Williams advances in 3 sets at US Open
NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
6:50 p.m.
Venus Williams needed three sets to win her 18th first-round match at the U.S. Open.
She defeated Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 despite 63 unforced errors.
Williams led 5-2 in the third set, but the 22-year-old Kozlova pushed her to the limit in the 2-hour, 42-minute match.
Williams, a two-time winner in Flushing Meadows, next faces Julia Georges, who defeated Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 6-2.
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4:50 p.m.
Third-seeded Stan Wawrinka advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a straight-set win.
The two-time major champion beat Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday despite more unforced errors than winners (37-30). He saved all four break points he faced, while converting two of his five chances, which was just enough for the victory.
The 32-year-old Verdasco is a former top-10 player, but he hasn't been to a major quarterfinal since 2013.
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4:30 p.m.
American teen Jared Donaldson has upset 12th-seeded David Goffin for his first career win over a top-30 player.
The 19-year-old qualifier won 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday for his first victory at a major. He had lost in straight sets in his two previous Grand Slam matches, both at Flushing Meadows. Donaldson is ranked a career-best 122nd.
Goffin reached his first major quarterfinal at this year's French Open.
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4:10 p.m.
American Sam Querrey couldn't build on his upset of Novak Djokovic in his next Grand Slam.
The 29th-seeded Querrey lost to Janko Tipsarevic 7-6 (4), 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday. It was a tough opening matchup for Querrey - Tipsarevic is a former top-10 player whose ranking is down to 250th after a series of injuries. A two-time quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows, Tipsarevic got in on a protected ranking.
He'd lost five straight Grand Slam matches dating to the 2013 U.S. Open before Tuesday.
Querrey stunned the top-ranked Djokovic in the third round at Wimbledon en route to his first major quarterfinal. But in six of his past eight Grand Slams, he's lost to a lower-ranked opponent in the first round.
He's also dropped seven of his past eight meetings with Serbian opponents - the only win that upset of Djokovic at Wimbledon.
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3:30 p.m.
Samantha Stosur has advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 win over Camila Giorgi.
The 2011 U.S. Open champion needed three sets against Giorgi, who had an ace to win the second-set tiebreaker. But the 67th-ranked Giorgi got off to a slow start in the third, with Stosur taking a 4-0 lead in the deciding set.
Giorgi capitalized on only 3 of 14 break-point opportunities. She won 15 of 20 net points, but finished with 45 unforced errors.
Stosur will next face Zhang Shuai, who defeated Ellen Perez 6-1, 6-1.
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1:50 p.m.
Rio Olympics bronze medalist and 2014 U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori has avoided what would have been his fourth first-round exit in his past six appearances at Flushing Meadows.
Nishikori, who earned Japan's first Olympic tennis medal since 1920 a little more than two weeks ago, advanced in New York on Tuesday by beating Benjamin Becker 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
The sixth-seeded Nishikori reached his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. Open two years ago, losing to Marin Cilic at that stage. But he exited in the first round in 2011, 2013 and 2015.
Becker, a German who won on NCAA singles title at Baylor University, has lost his past 15 matches against opponents ranked in the top 10.
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1:30 p.m.
Ana Ivanovic is out of the U.S. Open in the first round for the second straight year after a 7-6 (4), 6-1 loss to Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic.
Ivanovic is a former No. 1 player and 2008 French Open winner who has slipped to No. 31 in the rankings.
The Serb was serving for the first set at 6-5 but struggled with her serve and faltered in the tiebreaker. She finished with seven double-faults and 41 unforced errors.
At the Open, she has reached the fourth round or better five times, including a career-best quarterfinal run in 2012.
The 89th-ranked Allertova improved to 7-1 in first-round matches in majors, making her second main-draw appearance at the Open.
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12:30 p.m.
Simona Halep gave herself ''less than 9'' for her quick work against Kirsten Flipkens, 6-0, 6-2, in the first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The Romanian was ahead 6-0, 5-0 with countrywoman Nadia Comaneci cheering her on. Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Halep says she wasn't perfect, but pleased with how she played against the Belgian. She got 69 percent of her first serves in and won 12 of 15 points at the net.
Halep, who reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open last year, will next face Lucie Safarova, a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Daria Gavrilova.
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12:05 p.m.
Venus and Serena Williams are among the featured matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open.
Venus will take on Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine in the afternoon Tuesday before her top-ranked sister plays Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the night match at the stadium with the new retractable roof.
Serena has been bothered by a shoulder injury, playing only three matches since winning Wimbledon for her 22nd Grand Slam title. She faces a tough opening opponent in Makarova, who beat her at the 2012 Australian Open.
Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium and Simona Halep of Romania have started play on Ashe, followed by Fernando Verdasco of Spain against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland.
Andy Murray of Britain will face Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic in the other evening match.
