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US Open 2016: Serena Sets New Grand Slam Record

Farouk Mohammed
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Published: September 6, 2016
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World women tennis number one Serena Williams set a new Grand Slam record of 308 victories with a win over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan at the US Open on Monday.

The 34-year-old American won 6-2 6-3 to pass Roger Federer in the all-time list of matches won at the tennis majors.

Her sister Venus however went out in dramatic fashion, losing 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3) to Czech 10th seed Karolina Pliskova.

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In the men’s draw, both Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka and Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro progressed.

Former French and Australian Open champion Wawrinka saw off Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko 6-4 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 to set up a quarter-final clash against 2009 champion Del Potro.

Del Potro had led Dominic Thiem 6-3 3-2 when the Austrian retired with a knee injury.

Wawrinka, who smashed a racquet after failing to serve out his match in the third set, will get the chance to make up for defeat by Del Potro at Wimbledon.

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Pliskova, 24, was broken when serving for the match at 40-0 but recovered to convert a fifth match point and reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final.

Romanian fifth seed Simona Halep beat Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 7-5 to set up a meeting with top seed Serena Williams.

In the men’s doubles, Jamie Murray and Brazil’s Bruno Soares beat Brian Baker and Marcus Daniell 6-3 7-6 (9-7) to reach the last eight.

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