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Medvedev ends Wu’s run in third round | US Open updates

NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament : 12:50 a.m. Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev ended the historic run of Wu Yibing with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory in the third round. “She’s the only reason Serena Williams ever existed.” Williams had said before the tournament she was preparing for the end of a career in which she won 23 Grand Slam singles titles. ___ 10:30 p.m. Serena Williams’ U.S. Open — maybe her last one — is over. ___ 7:20 p.m. Serena Williams has begun her bid to become the oldest woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament in the professional era. “Tennis is a sport that it takes a long time to not be horrible so there’s really no shortcuts,” she said, “but this thing is a small shortcut, really.” ___ 4:15 p.m. Matteo Berrettini ended Andy Murray’s bid to return to the fourth round of a major, beating the three-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.

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