If this were a fight, it might have been called off before a blow had been landed. But Kiki Bertens, a smiling, 23-year-old Dutch qualifier who looked pleased just to be here, made a decent fist of her impossible assignment in dappled light on Arthur Ashe and pushed Serena Williams at least to the lower slopes of anxiety on day three of the 2015 US Open.
Williams took an hour and a half to win 7-6, 6-3, recovering from 1-3 in the first set and 0-4 in the tie-break. She served well enough – 10 aces and 20 unreturned among the 164 points contested – but 34 unforced errors, to 31 by her opponent, told a story of struggle under pressure.
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