Williams also played a three-setter against Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the third round a year ago. Laura Siegemund, on the other hand, exits the third round of a Grand Slam event for the second time this season. She is a very good player.
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Pliskova is now on an eight-match winning streak after raising the Cincinnati title entering Flushing Meadows, beating No. 3-ranked Garbine Muguruza and the No. 2 Kerber. Williams did, however, smack one backhand return victor in the final game.
“That cost me in the first and second sets”.
Williams, who will face No. 10 seed Karolina Pliskova in the fourth round, has had little trouble since a first-round scare against Kateryna Kozlova during which she lost the second set before capturing the third, 6-4. But it’s the whole year leading up to it with the whole schedule. Venus Williams responds with another two-win burst for a lead 4-1.
Only Roger Federer, with 307, has won more Grand Slam matches than Williams in the Open era, which dates to 1968 – and he won’t add to that total during this tournament because he is out for the season as he rehabs his surgically repaired left knee. Williams is 4-0 career against Shvedova. The last time there were two British men in the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament was at Wimbledon in 2002 with Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski.
Sixth seed Venus, twice the champion in NY, faces Karolina Pliskova, the big-serving 10th seed from the Czech Republic. But, for this, we all have to wait for the upcoming clashes of Serena in the 136th edition of US OPEN.
Carla Suarez Navarro has defeated Elena Vesnina to secure a spot in the U.S. Open round of 16. In that half of the draw, only the players with the last name Williams have won a Grand Slam title; the sisters could meet in the semifinals a year after Serena eliminated Venus in the quarters. From match point, the third-seeded Wawrinka fought his way back in the game despite suffering an ankle injury during the game to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (8), 6-2.
Radwanska came into the US Open fresh off the New Haven title the previous week, but looked none worse for the wear.
Having regained the break to level the third at 3-3, Halep was unable to convert two break points in the eighth game.
Juan Martin Del Potro is rolling back the years, with the 2009 US Open champion into the fourth round where he will face youngster Dominic Thiem.
Six-time US Open champion Serena Williams makes her way to the round of sixteen by easing past Swede world no. 47 Johanna Larsson.
Fifth seed Simona Halep of Romania smashed her racquet in frustration before avoiding an upset by defeating Hungary’s Timea Babos 6-1 2-6 6-4.
Detail of Serena Williams’ Nike sneakers.
Of Serena’s three opponents, Larsson is the only one to even reach break point.
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Radwanska will be in her Round of 16 match against Ana Konjuh on Monday. The world number one remains unbeaten against the 29-year old Shvedova in their four career singles meetings.
