Iga Swiatek beat 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round for her WTA Tour-leading 50th victory this season.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in their second-round match at Wimbledon 2022.
Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slams, defeated Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2. She will next face Ajla Tomljanovic for a place in US Open women’s singles fourth round.
Iga Swiatek had been set to open her grass-court season in Berlin but joined Anett Kontaveit, Paula Badosa and Naomi Osaka in pulling out of the event.
Serena Williams did not explicitly say when she planned to stop but made it sound as if the US Open would mark her farewell.
