Serena eases into second round

Published: 8:34AM Tuesday September 01, 2009 Source: Reuters

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Serena Williams began the defence of her US Open title with a straightforward 6-4 6-1 victory over fellow American Alexa Glatch in the first round on Tuesday.

The world number two, looking for her third grand-slam title of the year and 12th in all, survived a lapse in concentration midway through the first set to advance in just over an hour.

Williams began strongly but was broken when serving for the opening set at 5-2 as world number 103 Glatch settled after a nervous start.

But she made no mistake second time round and then cruised through the second to set up a clash with Italian Maria Elena Camerin or Hungary's Melinda Czink.

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