Britain’s US Open champion was a set and a break down against 17-year-old qualifier Linda Novoska on Monday but battled back to win in three.
Chelsea have drawn up an eight-man list of defenders in a bid to move as quickly as possible to solve the club’s centre-back crisis once the Todd Boehly-led takeover goes through.
Andriy Shevchenko and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have each helped to shape Olivier Giroud's hugely successful career.
Josh Donaldson denied there was malice in his Jackie Robinson reference, but White Sox manager Tony La Russa claimed it was a racist jibe.