Pliskova will play the victor of Radwanska-Konjuh. It will be torn down after the tournament, with a new venue to be built to replace it. At 141 miles per hour (226.9 kilometers per hour), it was the fifth-fastest serve in this year’s US Open. Seven of the 10 matches had gone all the way to three sets.
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She’s older, been playing longer so not a big surprise that Serena Williams now has more Grand Slam match wins than Roger Federer.
“I just feel like I’m going out there doing what I need to do”, Serena said. Should be the Italian tennis player, we are certain that Serena will do anything to play the final against her.
“I knew if she’s down or if it’s somewhere close, that the people will cheer for her”, Pliskova said. I know he does.
Interestingly, Federer turned 35 on August 8. If Germany’s Angelique Kerber reaches the final, Williams will have to beat her to stay on top.
Serena, looking to continue her drive for a record seventh U.S. Open title, booked her spot in the last eight with a ruthless 6-2 6-3 win over Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova.
Williams had 11 aces and did not face a break point.
Happy to have the discussion of her under-performance on the game s major stages behind her, she remained wary of a possible quarter-final meeting with fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska.
Kerber faced a tough challenge from last year’s losing finalist, Roberta Vinci, in the first set of their quarter-final.
Konjuh, in contrast, has made the quarters for the first time in her ninth Grand Slam.
“To me it doesn’t really matter who I play because I have to expect they’re going to play the match of their life”. If both Kerber and Williams make the final, the American will have to win to extend her reign.
How closely matched the duo were was reflected in the first-set statistics.
Williams is nearly the complete opposite in demeanor on court in Flushing Meadows versus 2015, when she came in trying to complete the calendar Grand Slam, having won the Australian and French Opens as well as Wimbledon.
Halep defeated Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, 6-2, 7-5, in the fourth round, and has lost one set in four matches.
Ninth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also advanced, downing Jack Sock 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-2.
Somehow, though, she pulled herself together enough to get through the tiebreaker as Williams faltered. Resulting in the 22 time of him reaching the quarterfinals in his past 23 Grand Slam tournaments.
The 6-4, 6-4 triumph avenged a bitter disappointment for Konjuh, who held 3 match points against Radwanska in the second round at Wimbledon before falling 9-7 in the third round after stepping on a ball and turning her ankle. Against Juan Martin del Potro, a highly anticipated showdown on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday, Thiem retired in the second set, citing an injured knee. He returned to the court for one point before deciding he couldn’t go on.
Del Potro missed 2½ years’ worth of major tournaments because of a trio of operations on his left wrist, so he’s ranked only 142nd.
But his stunning run to the Olympic silver medal signaled he’s a contender again.
The younger Williams sister has been dominant through four rounds.
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At No. 142, del Potro is the lowest-ranked U.S. Open quarterfinalist since Jimmy Connors in 1991.
