Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 29, 2022 Serena Williams of the U.S. talks to the media after winning her first round match against Montenegro's Danka Kovinic REUTERS/Mike Segar
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serena Williams signalled she is not quite ready for retirement advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a scrappy 6-3 6-3 win over Danka Kovinic.
The victory over the 80th ranked Kovinic, just her second this year, will be a confidence boost for Williams but the path to a record equalling 24th Grand Slam now gets treacherous.
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