SERENA WILLIAMS VS CASTANO AT US OPEN

Catalina Castano of Columbia returns the ball to Serena Williams (USA), who is seeded at eighth, at the US Open on August 31, 2005 in New York City. Williams ends up defeating Castano 6-2, 6-2. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)

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