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The women's final at the U.S. Open is going to be a test of which is the better way to advance through a draw at a major tennis championship: rolling over everyone in your path, or having to dig for every point in grueling victories.

Serena Williams rampaged through her first four matches at the US Open, dropping only 12 games along the way, but she says she has not even started out strongly on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.

NEW YORK: French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the first major casualty of the US Open on Thursday while women's second seed Agnieszka Radwanska teetered on the brink before staging a dramatic comeback.

Misty-eyed about the retirements of her fellow tennis stars, Serena Williams finds even more resolve to keep playing long past age 30.

NEW YORK: Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the US Open third round on Thursday, but admitted she needs to take painkillers every morning to see her through the season's last Grand Slam tournament.