Serena
Williams surpassed Roger Federer for most Grand Slam match victories in
tennis' Open era with No. 308, a 6-2, 6-3 win over Yaroslava Shvedova
on Monday to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals.
Williams
hit a tournament-leading 126 mph serve, pounded 11 aces, won 28 of 30
points when a first serve landed in, and didn't face a break point
against the 52nd-ranked Shvedova.
The
top-seeded Williams is 308-42 at major tournaments, an .880 winning
percentage, and is now three more wins from her 23rd Grand Slam singles
title, which would break a tie with Steffi Graf for the most in the Open
era, which started in 1968.
Williams
has made it to the quarterfinals in each of her past nine appearances
at Flushing Meadows. Last year, a loss to Roberta Vinci in the
semifinals ended Williams' bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam.
After
overtaking Roger Federer for most Grand Slam match wins in the Open era
with 308, Serena Williams was asked who'll wind up retiring with more.
Federer
has 307 and can't increase that total until next season, because he is
sitting out the U.S. Open and the rest of 2016 because of problems with
his surgically repaired left knee.
"I
don't know. We'll see," Williams said during an on-court interview
after reaching the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
"Hopefully we'll both keep going. I know I plan on it. I know he does.
So we'll see."
Williams next faces No. 5 Simona Halep, the 2014 French Open runner-up.
From:
Cosmopolitan