World number one Serena Williams set a record for the number of women’s Grand Slam victories as she cruised into the fourth round of the US Open by beating Sweden’s Johanna Larsson at Flushing Meadows in New York City.
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The top seed also hit a personal milestone with the victory in NY, registering a 307th career win to climb above Martina Navratilova’s tally for the most in the open era. Next up for Williams in the fourth round will be Yaroslava Shvedova on Monday for the Round of 16.
She’ll also grab career major title No. 23, which would set the record in the women’s Open era for that category.
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who is ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis. “You make me happy every day”.
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. But for her, the result still wasn’t ideal.
“I don’t feel like I’m Serena out there yet”, she said.
After that, Williams played only one event before the U.S. Open, losing in the third round of the Olympics.
World No. 1 Serena Williams needs to outlast world No. 2 Angie Kerber to keep her top ranking during this fortnight at the US Open.
Appearing in a day match for the first time at this year’s tournament in New York, Williams wore a new white outfit that made a fashion statement with bold, pink sleeves. She’s serving pretty well both serves, playing aggressive on the return. “She is a great player, but she’s not unbeatable”.
On Saturday, Williams expended nearly as much energy playing advocate as she did in her hourlong win over Larsson.
Halep stormed through the first set with an impressive display, only to be pegged back but her Hungarian opponent whose fearsome groundstrokes brought her back into the back with the second set and a 2-0 lead in the decider.
“My first round, I don’t know, I never hit so many overheads and swing volleys in my life”, she said.
Williams said she had first learned at Wimbledon that she was close to passing Navratilova, and it had given her a new goal.
Radwanska breezed into the fourth round with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Caroline Garcia. Its always something special, thats for sure, said Wawrinka, who had his left ankle taped after twisting it during the match.
“It is actually a really good feeling”, she said Saturday. And she doesn’t even talk about it. “I was really excited to (sic) 307”.
Also advancing were No. 5 Simona Halep and No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro. Konjuh accidentally stepped on a ball and injured her right ankle in the next-to-last game of the 2-6, 6-4, 9-7 loss.
“I feel OK”, Williams said after dispatching 47th-ranked Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-1 in a crisp 60 minutes of third-round tennis.
After a poor second set, however, Murray tightened up in the third and fourth, pulling away from the Italian to seal a routine victory.
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Williams now finds herself back in the fourth round of the US Open where she will next face recent Cincinnati victor and No. 10 seed Karolina Pliskova.
