Williams said: “I feel like I made many of mistakes”. But after a series of injuries that drained the fun out of tennis, she retired in 2013. “Hopefully, that can work out for other females, as well”.
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“So far, so good”, remained Williams’ refrain in regards to her shoulder, which didn’t appear to trouble her in the one hour she needed to subdue Larsson.
“Sometimes I don’t even know that I’m hitting these milestones”, Williams said. Perhaps a Knicks cap or a one for the Mets – the baseball team that plays across the street from the U.S. Open – might have been a more obvious choice, but Sevastova is sticking with the navy and white of the Yankees. She’s now tied with Steffi Graf atop the list.
A record-breaking victory has brought things full circle for Serena Williams. “Still so in tennis a little bit, as well”.
Another past U.S. Open finalist, Roberta Vinci, also moved on Sunday.
She’s a robust 4-0 lifetime against Shvedova, so it would be quite a surprise to see the world’s top-ranked player drop a set, much less lose outright, as she seeks to make amends for last year’s semifinal exit at this event.
The 6-foot-6 del Potro was the clear favorite of the Louis Armstrong Stadium fans, who cheered wildly with every victor, and he responded with confident fist pumps. “I was fighting to the very end for every ball”. The Argentinian thrashed David Ferrer 7-6 (7) 6-2 6-3 to register a place in the round of 16.
In her crushing 6-2, 6-1 win over Sweden’s Johanna Larsson, Williams passed Martina Navratilova and equalled Roger Federer for the most grand slam victories by a man or woman.
Williams will likely be wearing another color but the same sleeves in the outfit she helped design, but no telling if she will have to channel Wonder Woman.
But she wilted under the raw power of Williams, who forced her into 32 errors and was gifted with 26 unforced miscues in the 78-minute match.
“That’s pretty awesome and what a place to do it (The US Open), where everything first started”.
Dominic Thiem serves on his way to a a win over Pablo Carreno Busta.
Evans had the chance to claim the first top-10 scalp of his career, but serving at 8-7 in the fourth-set tiebreaker was unable to take his chance.
Only one American man is left, Jack Sock, after 19-year-old qualifier Jared Donaldson’s run ended with a straight-set loss to No. 21 Ivo Karlovic, at 37 the oldest man to reach the fourth round in NY since Jimmy Connors was 39 in 1991. Can she go all the way and win the US Open?
Stan Wawrinka and Nick Kyrgios were among the men playing later Saturday. It all ended just a few points later when Babos double-faulted on match point.
“I don’t feel like I’m Serena out there yet”, she said. She acknowledged she didn’t play her best, saying “I don’t know how I came back”.
Halep, who fell in the semi-finals to eventual champion Flavia Pennetta a year ago, will play Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro for place in the quarter-finals. No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro No. 6 Venus Williams vs. The seventh-seeded Italian topped 99th-ranked Lesia Tsurenko 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows for the fourth time in five years. Her best result was a quarterfinal run in 2013, losing to eventual champion Serena Williams.
Venus Williams – the sixth seed – starred under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium, blitzing Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-2. At 36, she was the oldest woman in the field.
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Andy Murray, the second seed for the men, has a tough out against 22nd seed Grigor Dimitrov on Monday.
