Serena Williams, who is busy in her 24th Grand Slam tournament, has made a brilliant debut in the US Open tennis tournament by winning in straight sets. But Serena's elder sister Venus Williams and long-time court-back Kim Clijsters have suffered defeat in the first round itself.
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Serena defeated Christie On by seven-five, six-three on Tuesday night at the Arthur Ace Stadium. Serena has registered a record 102nd win at the US Open. But forty years old Venus, a year older than her, suffered the first-round defeat in the last 22 occasions at the US Open. World number 20 Karolina Muchova defeated her by six-three, seven-five.
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This is the fourth time in the last 5 grand slams when Venus could not progress beyond the first round. Clijsters, who was playing her first grand slam match in the last 8 years, has also not been happy. This 4-time Grand Slam winner has been defeated by Ekaterina Aleksandrovova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. During this time, 7th seed Madison Keys, ninth seed Yohana Konta and 10th seed Garbine Muguruza managed to progress. Keys defeated Timea Babos by six, one by six, Konta defeated Heather Watson 7-6 (7), 6-1 and Muguruza defeated Nao Hibino by six, four each. 16th seed Alice Merton has also not been able to win six-two, six-two win over Laura Segment.
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