Serena Williams stuns Anett Kontaveit 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Williams will clash against Ajla Tomljanovic in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. The American won this tournament 5 times in 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Williams's Record

Williams added to her prize money $ 67,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 188,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 90,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 278,000 in total.

Highlights Serena Williams vs. Anett Kontaveit U.S. Open – New York

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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Williams
Kontaveit
7-64 2-6 6-2
2h:27
101
101
Total points
100
100
47
47
Winners
42
42
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
40
40
Unforced
27
27
60%
60%
Ratio Unforced
40%
40%
7/9
7/9
Net Approaches
3/3
3/3
78%
78%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
64%
64%
1st in
59%
59%
73%
73%
1st won
70%
70%
47/64
47/64
1st won
42/60
42/60
33%
33%
2nd won
41%
41%
12/36
12/36
2nd won
17/41
17/41
191
191
Fastest serve
173
173
163
163
AVG 1st Serve
163
163
137
137
AVG 2nd Serve
134
134
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
5/11
5/11
42%
42%
Won
45%
45%
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At the end of the match, Serena scored 101 points vs. Anett’s 100.

Williams

Serena struck 11 aces and she committed 6 double faults. Williams won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Kontaveit

On the other side, Anett was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Williams and Kontaveit is 1-0 for Serena.

Draw and next match H2H: Serena Williams vs. Ajla Tomljanovic – stats

Williams will compete against Tomljanovic in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Ajla Tomljanovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Serena won the set after she broke the Estonian in the 9th (5-4) game. Kontaveit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the American refused to give way to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Serena failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

Tiebreak

Williams won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Williams converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Estonian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 95 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Serena won barely 1 point more than Kontaveit (48-47). Williams conceded 13 points on serve (28-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Kontaveit conceded 20 points on serve (34-20).

Williams was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Anett Kontaveit in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Anett to win the set as Williams managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Anett maintained her cool to break the American in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Williams lost the 5th game (4-1) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.

The Estonian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-3 30-40).

They contested 50 points. The Estonian won 12 points more than the American (31-19). Anett conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).

Williams commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Anett Kontaveit in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Serena to win the set since Kontaveit found the way to break back in the 3rd

(1-2) game. The American kept her focus to break the Estonian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Williams converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Anett converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 56 points. The American conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Estonian (34-22). Williams dropped 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Anett conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

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