Serena Williams Survives Day 3 Scare with Teenager McNally
Serena Williams took the scenic route past 17-year-old Caty McNally—a player that wasn’t even born with the legendary American won her first US Open title—and notched a hard-fought 5-7 6-3 6-1 victory that left her relieved, but not overly pleased.The American struggled at times, and dropped the opener behind eight winners and 15 unforced errors, but she rebounded and tossed in a total of 24 winners against 13 unforced errors the rest of the way.McNally, a gifted net presence and a feisty competitor, defeated Timea Bacsinszky for her maiden US Open main draw win on Day 1 in New York.She will come away pleased to have pushed the six-time US Open champion in just the sixth tour-level even of her career.Williams was frustrated with her start to the match, but takes comfort in a strong finish.“I had to stop making errors,” she said. “I made so many errors in the first two sets. I was just too many. You can't win tournaments making that many errors. I knew I had to play better, and I knew I could.”The American moves on to face either Karolina Muchova or Hsieh Su-Wei in the third round. ]]>
