By Daily Sports on September 6, 2016

World No1, Serena Williams set a new Grand Slam record of 308 victories with a win over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan at the US Open.

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

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

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

Wawrinka saw off Ukraine's Illya Marchenko 6-4 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 to set up a quarter-final against 2009 champion Del Potro, who led Dominic Thiem 6-3 3-2 when the Austrian retired with a knee injury.

Former French and Australian Open champion 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.

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.

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 6, 2016

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