“I definitely never thought I would be playing still – now I don’t really see when I’m going to stop”.
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Serena Williams break the record after winning her 308 match against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in Flushing Meadows.
Her sister Venus, however went out in dramatic fashion, losing 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3) to Czech 10th seed Karolina Pliskova. Williams is as powerful and graceful as ever, she just had three lost point service as reported by Ed McGrogan.
The 34-year-old American is also chasing her record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam singles title. I think it’s something that just really talks about the length of my career, in particular.
Serena Williams stormed into the US Open quarter-finals in record-smashing style by easing past Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-3 to claim her record 308th grand slam match win.
Serena healthy, with her A game, is better than anybody – right now.
“I think when you really enjoy what you do, it’s different”.
“It’s always tough to play Roberta, she always comes out to play great tennis”, said Kerber, who last made the semi-finals in NY in 2011.
In a powerful demonstration of her title credentials, 28-year-old Australian Open champion Kerber wrapped up the second set by allowing Vinci just five points on her serve.
Williams will face Simona Halep for a place in the semi-finals after the Romanian fifth seed dispatched Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 7-5.
Halep, the 2014 French Open runner-up, will be the first seeded player faced by Williams in this tournament, which she is attempting to win for the seventh time.
Watt returned to practice Monday for the first time since back surgery in July and coach Bill O’Brien said after practice that he would play.
The No. 1 player in the world and six-time Open champion is now the winningest player in Grand Slam history. “I went for some aggressive shots, didn’t necessarily put them in”.
Andy Murray has returned to where he’s been so often recently – the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.
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World No.5 Nadal, who on Monday shockingly crashed out of the US Open in the fourth round, will headline a strong squad also including doubles specialists Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez, coach Conchita Martinez said on Tuesday, reports Efe.
