Dokic out of US Open
^{By AAP - September 5 2000}

Australian teenager Jelena Dokic has bowed out of the US Open.

Dokic lost to defending champion Serena Williams in straight sets 7-6, 6-0.

Dokic held two set points, losing one of them on a line call.

In the minds of most it was never going to be as close as the first set was.

It went to a tie-break, Dokic holding two set points.

A line call went against her to the disgust of the crowd, allowing the defending champion back into the set.

Williams won it and then like the breaking of the the storm on a humid New York day she steamrolled Dokic 6-0.

"Getting to the fourth round is great for me," Dokic said.

Williams now advances to the quarter-finals, along with Martina Hingis and Anke Huber, Huber winning after Mary Pierce retired hurt with a shoulder injury.

Later this morning Lleyton Hewitt is be playing for a place in the men's quarter-finals.

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