MOSCOW, September 1 Russian Lyudmila Samsonova and American Serena Williams made it to the third round of the US Open Tennis Championship (US Open), the final Grand Slam tournament of the season, held on hard courts in New York. (7:3). Tennis players spent 1 hour and 45 minutes on the court. In the next round, the Russian will play against the Serbian Alexandra Krunic, who previously defeated the Czech Barbora Kreychikova (23rd seed) — 2:6, 6:4, 6:2. : 23:66:7 Lyudmila Samsonova Russia In another match, 23-time Grand Slam singles winner American Serena Williams defeated world No. 2 Estonian Anette Kontaveit — 7:6 (7:4), 2:6, 6:2. The next opponent of the 40-year-old American, who previously announced her retirement, will be the Australian Ayla Tomlyanovich, who in the second round outplayed the representative of Russia Evgenia Rodina — 1:6, 6:2, 7:5. Russian Anna Kalinskaya lost in the second round to the 17th seed number to the Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia with a score of 3:6, 1:6, and the American Corey Gauff (12) defeated the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruze — 6:2, 7:6 (7:4).
