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updated 10:20 AM UTC, Dec 13, 2023

US Open 2016: Serena Williams Claims 308th Win

BBC: World 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.

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.

Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori beat Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4) and will next face the winner of the match between Britain’s Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, which begins at 00:00 BST.

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

“Whenever you have a match point on someone else’s serve, it’s a little bit of an asterisk,” said Williams. “I really have no regrets on that.”

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.

“She’s the best player in the world,” said Halep. “I don’t have to be afraid or to have emotions because I have nothing to lose. It’s just a huge challenge for me.”

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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