US OPEN, Flushing Meadows, NY, USA, GRAND SLAM (Women)

[britbox]

Petra Kvitova vs. Angelique Kerber - Pre-match

 

[Billie]

Angie played a really smart match. Petra forced a little bit too much sometimes and made some UFEs but Angie did what she needed to get a win. Straight sets as well.

 

[britbox]

Angelique Kerber d. Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-5

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Petra...........43 UFE???? honestly....Kerber must have thought all her Christmas's came at once.You and Madison have soo much natural easy power though you both need to learn 'controlled aggression'.....

 

[Tennis Fan]

Petra...........43 UFE???? honestly....Kerber must have thought all her Christmas's came at once.You and Madison have soo much natural easy power though you both need to learn 'controlled aggression'.....

So true, Margaret. I didn't know she had 43 UFEs. That's pretty bad.

 

[Tennisproguru.com]

Well, I expected that Petra will lost sooner than against Kerber, as she looked really tired at the beginning of US OPEN and also this GS is not her favourite, so with last 16 and loss with KErber, it is pretty good tournament for her.

 

[teddytennisfan]

I AM ALWAYS HAPPY for players that beat serena. ..but I NEVER root for anyone else against MY SERENA.

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Williams breaks all-time record for Grand Slam match wins
Published time: 4 Sep, 2016 13:57
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Serena Williams surpassed Martina Natratilova for the most women’s Grand Slam match wins, with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory over Sweden's Johanna Larsson in the fourth round of the US Open.
Williams' success took her to 307, one ahead of Navratilova and equal with Roger Federer’s mark for men.

“To be up there with both men and women is something that's super rare, and it actually feels good,” Williams said.

“I was really excited to reach that, was it 306? 307? I was really excited to do that. Something I didn't even know about until Wimbledon.

“I was like, ‘Oh, I have a new goal!’ That was pretty cool for me. Obviously I want to keep that number going higher and see what can happen.”

Williams appears likely to edge ahead of Federer on Monday when she faces Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the round of 16. Shvedova is yet to beat Williams in four attempts.

The American star is also looking to eclipse Steffi Graf's record of 22 Grand Slam tournament wins after drawing level with the German with her victory over Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon.

A shoulder problem contributed to Williams’ third-round exit at the hands of Elina Svitolina of Ukraine at the Olympics, but she believes she fit enough to finally edge past Graf.

“[My shoulder] definitely feels solid. I'm doing a lot of work on it so I can keep it in this position,” she added.

“Definitely not going to stop doing all the rehab and therapy, so I don't want to go down.

Serena Williams of the USA © Robert Deutsch / Reuters
“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.”

Williams is seeded to face Kerber in the final, which would be a showdown for the No. 1 world ranking.

A Williams victory would keep her at the top of the pile and see her beat Graf's record of 186 consecutive weeks at No. 1.

The two have met eight times previously, with Williams winning six of those matches.

Ominously for the rest of the players left in the tournament, Williams thinks she can still step up a level.

“I feel OK,” Williams said. “Obviously I don't feel like I'm Serena out there yet, but hopefully she'll come around the second week.”

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

This is my favorite match so far at the USO Venus v Pliskova,I have been waiting for Pliskova to finally break through at Majors,she finally did it defeating Venus 46 64 76(3),this match had so many momentum changes,overall she was too solid for Venus...a great match overall,I also think Pliskova winning at Cinncy has helped her at the USO,she has such a great serve and fhand and hits the ball so cleanly....congratulations Pliskova making the q/finals!

 

[britbox]

This is my favorite match so far at the USO Venus v Pliskova,I have been waiting for Pliskova to finally break through at Majors,she finally did it defeating Venus 46 64 76(3),this match had so many momentum changes,overall she was too solid for Venus...a great match overall,I also think Pliskova winning at Cinncy has helped her at the USO,she has such a great serve and fhand and hits the ball so cleanly....congratulations Pliskova making the q/finals!

Good job by Karolina!

 

[britbox]

5-Simona Halep (Romania) beat 11-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 6-2 7-5

 

[britbox]

Yaroslava Shvedova vs. Serena Williams - Pre-Match

 

[teddytennisfan]

now -- as i have been hoping for and expecting -- SERENA begins to gradually bring in her ATTACK game...

by combining her back court and attack game judiciously -- she becomes unbeatable.

 

[Moxie]

I AM ALWAYS HAPPY for players that beat serena. ..but I NEVER root for anyone else against MY SERENA.

'Williams' success took her to 307, one ahead of Navratilova and equal with Roger Federer’s mark for men.

“To be up there with both men and women is something that's super rare, and it actually feels good,” Williams said.

“I was really excited to reach that, was it 306? 307? I was really excited to do that. Something I didn't even know about until Wimbledon.

“I was like, ‘Oh, I have a new goal!’ That was pretty cool for me. Obviously I want to keep that number going higher and see what can happen.”'

One more win on Monday, and she passes Roger, too. :heart:

 

[teddytennisfan]

One more win on Monday, and she passes Roger, too. :heart:

and she DID!!! SHE IS MISS 308 !!! man or woman!

like i always said for years -- serena williams is the greatest tennis player in the history of the game - man or woman.AND the only player and athlete i can think of that can rival that is perhaps the great MEXICAN - american PANCHO GONZALES.

but there it is -- SERENA WILLIAMS.

she's MINE!!

 

[Moxie]

I thought she has to win on Monday to pass Roger.

 

[teddytennisfan]

I thought she has to win on Monday to pass Roger.

Moxie -- the way i understand it when they showed THE PICTURES

roger - martina - serena -- today on tv - she already did it in her last match. YAY!!!

for next week - it's for serena passing steffi graf at weeks as number one - way past 300 or something now, i already forgot - 386 steffi? so serena needs this week to pass that.

all 3 records

most wins already done 308
most weeks - by next monday -
past steffi in majors - 23 !!

GO SERENA!!! GIRL!! PLEAZZZEEE NO bad things for my SERENA !!!

 

[teddytennisfan]

go young CROAT!!

 

[teddytennisfan]

yes -- break back !!

PAM shriver made a mistake -- radwa no longer ''up a break" at 2-1.

she got broken back and girl serves for 2-2. let\s see./

 

[teddytennisfan]

yes KONJUH did like i begged her!!! haha!! and she made it look EASY agaionst the most overhyped ''genius" ever......

 

[Tennis Fan]

yes KONJUH did like i begged her!!! haha!! and she made it look EASY agaionst the most overhyped ''genius" ever......

I was wondering what happened. My taping stopped at 2-2 in the second and I taped the next two shows and the end of the match didn't tape. So Konjuh won, I guess. I just saw the last minute where they show the winner and Konjuh was last.