With the American men experiencing their longest U.S. Open title drought in the Open era, Venus Williams led the American charge into round two on Monday with a 6-3 3-6 6-2 win over Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia. “I feel like my game always rises a lot in the bigger events,” Williams told a news conference. “Before I got injured, I was playing some really good tennis,” the American said. Isner, the 10th seed, took care of business with a 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3 win over France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert, revelling in the cooler than usual conditions at Flushing Meadows. “I lost first round the last couple of years, so I honestly wanted to just win one round,” he said.

Source: The Star August 29, 2017 03:22 UTC