On Saturday she did so in dominant and further record-setting fashion, thumping unseeded Swede Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-1 to move into the round of 16 and record an Open Era record 307th win at a grand slam tournament.
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Serena Williams notched a record 307th career Grand Slam match victory, surpassing Martina Navratilova for the most by a woman in the Open Era.
“And what better place to do it than here where it all started”, said Williams, who claimed the first of her 22 Grand Slam singles titles at the 1999 US Open. No. 5 Milos Raonic of Canada and No. 7 Marin Cilic of Croatia exited on the men’s side, Garbine Muguruza of Spain on the women’s side.
If Williams comes out on top at the conclusion of the U.S. Open, she could beat Steffi Graf’s record with a 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
“I have played her once before, actually, in my first Australian Open qualifying, so I do know her”, Konta said.
“I think I was playing good tennis from the beginning”, she said. Obviously I’m excited about that.
Williams will go for win number 308 on Tuesday (AEST) when she meets Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova – a 6-2, 7-5 victor over China’s Zhang Shuai – in round four. “It s something I didn t even know about until Wimbledon – it was like a new goal”.
That eye-opening self-assessment by Williams reminded of the days when Woods, after vanquishing yet another field of the world’s best players en route to winning a tournament, would say he won with his “B” game that week. She was hitting very strong, so it was a good challenge for me and it was a good match. The 28 unforced errors The return game: She won only 13 of 40 points on King’s first serves.
Serena Williams of the United States in action against Johanna Larsson of Sweden during the US Open womens singles third round match in NY, on Saturday.
Del Potro’s resurgence continued with a 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-3 victory over No. 11 David Ferrer.
Polish fourth seed Radwanska accounted for Caroline Garcia in straight sets, while fifth-seeded Romanian Halep survived to beat Timea Babos in NY.
“I definitely think there is a difference between the way male and female athletes are treated”, she said.
The 34-year-old explained that the design of her sleeves – she wears black ones for night matches – was meant to evoke a character of power and strength who is also unafraid to exhibit a softer side.
Radwanska came into the US Open fresh off the New Haven title the previous week, but looked none worse for the wear.
Next up for Halep is 11th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro who advanced with a tidy 6-4 6-3 win over Russian Elena Vesnina.
Venus Williams has moved within two wins of a possible sisterly showdown with Serena in the semi-finals of the US Open by beating German 26th seed Laura Siegemund to reach the fourth round.
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Sixth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan, two years removed from his run to the final, rallied for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over Frances Nicolas Mahut.
