Elder sister Venus was not so lucky, however, going down to the Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova in a three-set thriller that lasted almost two-and-a-half hours.
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It was her 6-2, 6-3 victory over Yaroslava Shvedova that secured her the historical record and earned her a spot in the quarterfinals.
Roberta Vinci fell apart after losing the opening set on a foot fault, allowing No. 2 seed Angelique Kerber to take last nine games and win their U.S. Open quarterfinal 7-5, 6-0 on Tuesday. I think it’s something that, you know, just really talks about the length of my career, in particular.
“Well number one I think it’s wonderful that she’s still playing because for a while it was looking like Serena was not going to stay around the game because it looked like she was interested in other things”, Federer told ATP media.
“Wow, it’s really exciting”, said the American tennis star of moving out of a tie with Swiss great Federer.
“It’s a huge number”, Williams said of her record 308th win.
She avenged a second-round loss at Wimbledon in which she held three match points against the Pole.
Venus Williams, a seven-times grand slam singles victor and twice U.S. Open champion, has enjoyed some recent success, reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the final at Stanford.
In the men’s draw, second seed Andy Murray continued his rich vein of form, thrashing Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov for the loss of just five games to reach the quarter-finals in NY for the fifth time in the last six years.
“Whenever you have a match point on someone else’s serve, it’s a little bit of an asterisk”.
“Everyone I’m playing is playing like they’re number one”.
– Simona Halep not prepared to discuss too many of her tactics on the challenges of playing Serena Williams.
“I just think winning 308 matches in general is pretty awesome”.
The sixth-seeded Williams led 5-4 in the third set and up 30-40 with Pliskova serving.
In the men’s tournament, Olympic champion Murray easily negotiated what looked a tough test against the unpredictable Dmitrov, storming through to the last eight with a comfortable 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory.
Juan Martin Del Potro’s summer renaissance continued as the unseeded Argentine advanced into the quarter-finals when Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem quit their match with an injury.
Wawrinka, who smashed a racquet after failing to serve out his match in the third set, will get the chance to make up for defeat by Del Potro at Wimbledon.
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Novak Djokovic vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga match is already slated in the nearing US Open 2016 quarterfinals on Wednesday.
