Anett Kontaveit

They will face off in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday, a venue that feels like home to Williams even if it has not always been a haven.

Kontaveit and Shelby Rogers, her American partner, could also face Williams and her sister Venus in the second round of the women’s doubles tournament. For Anett, I think the key is to just go out and try to play her best tennis but also enjoy the moment. “I think her ball speed, serve and return is really up to her prime time,” Beltz said of Williams. It’s going to be a big challenge, a great challenge, but I think she wants that challenge and wants to embrace it.” This will be Kontaveit’s first match with Williams but not the first match Beltz will coach against Williams. Though Kontaveit reached the final of the Qatar Open in February, this has been a trying season. “She was not fit, but she’s very close again to get this back and is playing better in practice really well now. “I couldn’t get a ticket,” Beltz said. But it’s great to face a champion, I think. Kontaveit, a prodigy who won the Estonian women’s singles title at age 13, received instruction from her mother Ülle Milk in her formative years. “I think it’s such a great opportunity.” More novelty lies ahead on Wednesday night in the second round of the U.S.

Serena Williams kicked off her 2022 US Open run — and her farewell tournament — with a win. Here's how to watch her Round 2 matchup vs. Anett Kontaveit.

ESPN Deportes Canada TV Channel ESPN, ESPN Deportes ESPN will carry the match live starting at 7 p.m. TV Channel ESPN Williams once again plays a prime-time match as she continues her quest for her seventh US Open title. She will face world No. Williams will face tournament No. Here's everything you need to know about her next 2022 US Open matchup: Kontaveit is searching for her first career Grand Slam tournament win. In front of her is no small task: Williams will be facing world-ranked No.

Serena Williams, looking to further delay the end of her storied tennis career, will take on world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia at the US Open in ...

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Williams hits the first of her double break out and Kontaveit dials up a powerful ace after that to bring the game to deuce. Williams hits a return out on the next point to even the score at deuce. But on the second serve of the first deuce point, Kontaveit hits her return out to give Williams the advantage. 8:17 p.m.: Williams wins the third point on a hard forehand to Kontaveit's right that she can't reach. 9:08 p.m.: Williams takes the first point of deuce, but Kontaveit evens it up on a shot that just clips the line to stay in. Kontaveit then hits a volley past the back line as Williams takes the break and moves to 2-0 in the final set. On the second point, Kontaveit can barely return it, but it is out to the left. 9:24 p.m.: On her second serve of 15 all, Kontaveit can't return a powerful forehand from Williams, as Williams takes the 15-30 lead. Williams then wins the next point to move to 40 love. But Williams brings it to deuce with a strong forehand shot to the corner. While Williams later added a win on one of her service games, Kontaveit easily finished the set to even the match. Kontaveit earned a break to make it 2-1, but Williams broke Kontaveit again to move to 3-1.

Serena Williams is playing Anett Kontaveit in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. See what the WTA No. 2 ranked player is all about.

[In the first round](https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/julias-takeaways-serena-williams-us-open-first-round-win), Williams dispatched [Danka Kovinic](https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/who-danka-kovinic-everything-about-serena-williams-us-open-opponent), a player from Montenegro ranked No. 80 Danka Kovinic](https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/julias-takeaways-serena-williams-us-open-first-round-win) in Monday’s first-round match, Serena Williams will face the No. Kontaveit’s best result in a Grand Slam so far was making the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2020. Kontaveit has had middling results in this year’s Grand Slams. 2 player in the world, Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, at 7 p.m. At least on paper, her next singles test will be [much more difficult](https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/serena-williams-next-opponent-feels-no-pressure-us-open), while she and her sister Venus will also be competing in doubles together for the first time in years.

The 23-time major singles champion, who entered the tournament ranked 605th with only one match win in 450 days, won a tense opening set in a tiebreaker before ...

She hung with the big-hitting Kontaveit in muscular baseline volleys and moved about the court with a fluidity thought long gone. But as she’s done countless time in a panoramic 27-year professional career that’s seen her pile up more grand slam titles than any other player in the Open era, Williams has defied expectations by raising her level for her presumptive farewell tournament. Her reduced form was laid bare in the US Open run-up tournaments that followed the announcement – a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic in Toronto, immediately followed by a 6-4, 6-0 stunner to Emma Raducanu in Cincinnati – which left many observers pessimistic about her chances in Flushing Meadows. I love a challenge and I’m rising to the challenge.” Williams advances to a third-round meeting on Friday against Ajla Tomljanović, an unseeded Australian ranked 46th, in a suddenly wide open section of the women’s draw. Amid breathless pomp and a rollicking sellout crowd squarely in Williams’ corner, Kontaveit held her nerve time again, fighting off the first five break points she faced and seven of nine in the first two sets.

Anett Kontaveit walked out of the players' tunnel first, with barely a notice from the audience in Arthur Ashe Stadium, which was half full at the time.