Venus Williams Loses at U.S. Open as Roddick Sets Retirement
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Venus Williams is out. Andy Roddick is retiring. And American teenagers Sloane Stephens and Jack Sock are moving on at the U.S. Open tennis championship.
The 32-year-old Williams, a two-time winner of the year’s final Grand Slam, matched her earliest exit in 14 career appearances in New York with a 2-6, 7-5, 5-7 loss last night against sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany. Serena Williams, 30, won in straight sets, as did Stephens, who is into the third round for the fourth time in her past five majors.