TENNIS

Venus Williams advanced to the third round of the US Open on Wednesday when she won an easy victory over Timea Bacsinzky, 6-1, 6-4. When she was at the apex of her career, she amassed Gland Slam singles left and right, collecting seven titles in total. Now, she is on a quest to add an unprecedented eight but is tempering expectations given the field of competition and the history of her downward spiral in the latter part of the tournaments.

Grigor Dimitrov recalled how his relationship with Maria Sharapova began.

At 15 years old, Cici Bellis pulled off the upset in the first round of the 2014 US Open beating 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to became the youngest player to win a match at the Grand Slam tournament in New York since Anna Kournikova did it 18 years ago.

Roger Federer has finally joined the photo-sharing site Instagram.