Serena Williams sets Grand Slam record with US Open third round win

Shvedova is a heavy hitter like Williams along with being established at the net due to her days of playing in the doubles with Vania King as the Kazakh-American duo have won two Grand Slam doubles titles at Wimbledon and US Open in 2010.

A record seventh U.S. Open title would give Williams 23 career grand slams, moving her past Steffi Graf again for the most in the Open Era, and just one shy of Margaret Court who tops the all-time list with 24.

World number two Andy Murray, vying to become just the fourth man to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a calendar year, was made to look ordinary through two sets by Italian journeyman Paolo Lorenzi, but pulled himself together to win 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.

Sister Venus Williams, the sixth seed and oldest woman in the tournament at 36, also went through with a 6-1 6-2 win over 26th seed Laura Siegemund of Germany. “To be up there with both men and women is something that’s super rare, and it actually feels really good”, she said to BBC.

Williams revealed she first heard about Navratilova’s 307 grand slam singles wins at Wimbledon and says she takes great satisfaction in surpassing it. “I’m doing a lot of work on it so I can keep it in this position”.

While Williams encountered little resistance, it was another story for the top men’s seeds in action.

Halep next plays 11th-seeded of Span, a 6-4, 6-3 victor over 19th-seeded Elena Vesnina of Russian Federation. She also had the only break points of the match, breaking Larsson four times in six opportunities. “It’s always something special, that’s for sure”, said Wawrinka, who had his left ankle taped after twisting it during the match. “It was a tough battle and Im happy to get through.”.

Radwanska breezed into the fourth round with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Caroline Garcia.

“It’s pretty good. It’s a lot of post-match stuff, stuff I’m not really excited about, but at the end of the day I think it’s good for me”. I wasn’t going for too much.

Nick Kyrgios, the 14th-seeded firebrand from Australia, closes the show on Ashe against Illya Marchenko a Ukrainian ranked 47 spots below him. Finally, Kei Nishikori, the sixth seed, will face No. 21 Ivo Karlovic in the final Round of 16 matchup for the men. The third and fourth sets were comfortable.

Their upcoming US Open match will be their second career meeting in the American Grand Slam for Williams and Shvedova.

Third seed Stan Wawrinka was forced to stave off a match point before edging a hard-fought five-setter against Dan Evans 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (10), 6-2.

Monday’s other fourth-round women’s matchups will be No. 5 Simona Halep vs.

He next faces eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem, who celebrated his 23rd birthday with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain.

The world number one hasn’t won the US Open since 2014, and she suffering a heartbreaking loss to Roberta Vinci in the semifinals last year, that halted her chances of completing the Calendar Year Grand Slam.