Should Williams win at the US Open, it will make for her seventh title at the event.
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Wawrinka next faces 63rd-ranked Ukrainian Illya Marchenko, who advanced when a hurting Nick Kyrgios, hobbled by a painful right hip, retired while trailing 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Williams was asked about her neon pink sleeves on the court and again later in the interview room.
Halep threw down, and apparently cracked, her racket after losing a point late in the final set. He’s had four tour wins and a run to the French Open semifinals this year.
Venus Williams won the first frame through the service game.
Venus, who is seeded 6th, hasn’t lost a set since the first round when she beat Kateryna Kozlova. “Obviously I don’t feel like I’m Serena out there yet, but hopefully she’ll come around the second week”.
Meanwhile, Venus Williams closed in on a US Open rematch against her sister, moving into the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over 26th-seeded Laura Siegemund.
Next up is 10th seed Pliskova, who upstaged Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-4. But, for this, we all have to wait for the upcoming clashes of Serena in the 136th edition of US OPEN.
The media wing talked to her after reaching this landmark.
Croatian teenager Konjuh, 18, also achieved the feat.
Williams 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.
Third seed Stan Wawrinka, sixth seed Kei Nishikori and women’s fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska are also in fourth-round action.
Williams already has defeated Kerber in this year’s Australian Open and at Wimbledon.
The 22-time grand-slam champion wasted no time on Saturday, claiming the opening set in just 37 minutes as she produced 13 winners.
Serena Williams is coming off a straight sets win over Johanna Larsson that took 15 games to decide.
Detail of Serena Williams’ Nike sneakers. Serena Williams fired 6 aces to none against Johanna Larsson.
Konta admits that she is still recovering from the “traumatic experience” of her second-round match, when she collapsed on court, was hyper-ventilating and needed ice treatment.
Serena Williams will try to take a step closer to history on Saturday when she plays her third-round match at the U.S. Open. The world number one remains unbeaten against the 29-year old Shvedova in their four career singles meetings. The last match was in the 2014 Miami Masters, a match that took 21 games.
She will next try and keep it going against Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova, who Saturday was a 6-2, 7-5 victor over China’s Zhang Shuai. So now we’re able to benefit and still preach the message and have an easier time. In the victory, Shvedova won 77 percent of her first serve points and 53 percent of her second serve points.
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That’s pretty awesome. and what better place to do it than here where it all started.
