Continues the third season of the tournament series Grand slam.
Serena Williams almost repeated the path Garbine Muguruza first racket of the world in the match against Christina McHale in the second set, lost 0:2 and 15:40. Williams Jr. has found the strength for a comeback, and then in a protracted struggle did break, and gave to the match.
No less intense was the match Venus Williams is the older sister of the star of the family the final set with Darya Kasatkina played almost an hour and a half. A young Russian woman during the party led to a break, then back to the two match-balls, but the third attempt Williams-senior has won.
Due to rain the next day had several matches, including games of the third round Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep.
The results of matches of seeded players:
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia, 21) – 5:7, 1:6
Evgeniya Rodina (Russia) – Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Czech Republic, 24) – 4:6, 0:6
Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) – Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spain, 12) – 2:6, 2:6
Serena Williams (USA, 1) – Christina McHale (USA) — 6:7 (7), 6:2, 6:4
Tara Moore (Great Britain) – Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia, 13) — 1:6, 6:2, 3:6
Venus Williams (US, 8) Darya Kasatkina (Russia, 29) — 7:5, 4:6, 10:8
