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US Open: Serena Williams, Andy Murray enter third round

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Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Andy Murray raised the roof at the US Open on Thursday, powering into the third round with decisive straight-sets victories.

Serena Williams

World number one Williams defeated fellow American Vania King 6-3, 6-3, her 306th Grand Slam singles match win tying her with Martina Navratilova for the most ever for a woman.

“This one`s kind of cool,” she said of her latest milestone, “to win 306.”

There could be more history in store for Williams as she seeks a seventh US Open title and a 23rd Grand Slam singles crown, both of which would be Open Era records.

Andy Murray

She fired 13 aces, with a total of 38 winners against 87th-ranked wild card King, and said the troublesome right shoulder that has hindered her since Wimbledon wasn`t a problem.

“So far, so good,” said Williams, who was cheered on by rap mogul Jay Z and his pop superstar wife Beyonce as she booked a meeting with 47th-ranked Swede Johanna Larsson for a place in the last 16.

Despite wrapping up the victory in just 65 minutes, Williams said there was plenty of room for improvement.

“I feel like I made a lot of errors,” Williams said. “What really matters is I got the win. Hopefully I`ll just get better.”

By the time Williams opened the night session the rain that prompted organizers to close the new roof on Arthur Ashe stadium had tailed off.

Murray had played with it drumming on the roof, adding to the noise the US Open is famous for.

“You can`t hear anything, really,” said Murray, who downed tenacious Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

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