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Serena not setting date for return to WTA tour
Serena Williams is not committing to a return date to the WTA tour but says she hopes to compete again before the end of the season.
"Hopefully sooner rather than later," she told the Tennis Channel during a visit to the U.S. Open to watch sister Venus play her second-round match. I definitely want to come back this year, though, so that'd be good."
Williams, who has been sidelined since injuring her feet after Wimbledon, is scheduled to play Tokyo later this month but did not indicate that she would be taking part in the event.
"I really can't wait to get back more than ever," she said. "I'm just still taking it a day at a day. Haven't hit too many balls, I don't want to have any kind of relapses so I'm just taking it really, really slow. But when I'm ready, it takes me no time to get there, so I've just been working out and doing that aspect of it."
Istomin gives his all, but falls to Nadal in straights
NEW YORK (AP)?Even Rafael Nadal felt compelled to applaud when his second-round opponent at the U.S. Open hit a spectacular, full-sprint winner and was left doing the splits at the net.
The shot put Denis Istomin within two points of tying the match at a set apiece. He couldn?t manage to close the deal, though - a recurring theme for Nadal?s game-but-outclassed foil in the No. 1-seeded Spaniard?s 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory Friday night.
Eight-time major champion Nadal is seeking to complete a career Grand Slam, and he reached the third round at Flushing Meadows for the sixth consecutive year. He?s never been past the semifinals, where he lost in 2008 and 2009.
Nadal saved 7 of 7 break points against Istomin, a rare example of an ATP player whose mother is his coach.
?I?m working on my serve all my life. Sometimes, (it) works well. Other times, not working that well,? said Nadal, who has saved all eight break points he?s faced in the tournament. ?A few days ago, I started to feel very well with my serve. First two matches, I?ve served very well. Didn?t lose a serve, and that does good for the confidence.?
Two of those break points Friday came when Nadal served while leading 3-2 in the second set. Four came at 1-all in the third set. And the last was at 4-all in the third set, constituting Istomin?s final true stand.
He appeared to be on the way to making things more interesting earlier in the match.
The 39th-ranked Istomin took a 5-1 lead in the second-set tiebreaker with the shot of the evening: After playing some solid defense, he charged up from behind the baseline to get to a drop shot and, leaving a 10-foot skid mark in his wake on the blue court, slid into the splits while stretching for a backhand winner.
Istomin dropped his racket, pumped both fists and screamed, ?Come on!? Some spectators reacted with a standing ovation, and Nadal saluted the effort, too.
That, though, was pretty much that for Istomin, who lost the next six points, the set - and any momentum he appeared to gain.
?I was a little bit lucky in the tiebreak of the second set,? Nadal said. ?That?s the truth.?
Istomin pushed a backhand wide on the next point, then Nadal hit a volley winner to cut it to 5-3. Istomin netted a forehand, and Nadal hit a forehand that clipped the net and landed in. Nadal went up 6-5, earning a set point, with a service winner at 134 mph, and Istomin sailed a backhand long on the next exchange, ending the tiebreaker.
During the break between the second and third sets, Istomin got his right thigh taped by a trainer.
Nadal went on to wrap up his 17th consecutive Grand Slam match victory, following titles at the French Open and Wimbledon. Still only 24 years old, he already has won five championships at Roland Garros, two at the All England Club and one at the Australian Open.
If he can add a U.S. Open trophy to his collection, he will become the seventh man with at least one title from each Grand Slam tournament.
Next up for Nadal is a third-round match against former top-10 player Gilles Simon of France, who eliminated 29th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Nadal is one of seven Spanish men who won matches Friday, giving the country a tournament-high nine representatives in the third round.
Venus scores routine win to reach fourth round
NEW YORK (AP)?Her play sparkling as much as her sequined dress, Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night at the U.S. Open.
The No. 3-seeded Williams reached the fourth round for the 12th time in 12 trips to Flushing Meadows. She won the tournament in 2000 and 2001 and was the runner-up in 1997 and 2002.
Wearing her third outfit in three matches at this year?s tournament - although nothing as attention-grabbing as her black, lace dress at the French Open - Williams won the point on 18 of 21 trips to the net and finished with a 29-5 edge in winners.
Williams? younger sister Serena - who withdrew from the tournament because of a foot injury - watched the match in the stands.
Minella entered this U.S. Open with an 0-5 career record against opponents ranked in the top 50, but knocked off No. 34 Tsvetana Pironkova and No. 47 Polona Hercog to set up a matchup against the older Williams.
After the match, Williams was honest, saying: ?I had no idea what my opponent played like.?
Minella?s serve was broken in the match?s opening game - and each of the next five times she served, too. When Minella finally held serve to trail 4-1 in the second set - only after a 20-point game that included break points - she waved her arms overhead to the crowd in mock celebration.
Williams is the only woman so far this season to reach at least the fourth round at all four Grand Slam tournaments. Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki can match that when she plays her third-round U.S. Open match Saturday.
In the fourth round, Williams will meet 16th-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel, who beat No. 19 Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-4, 6-4.
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