“Tennis players were really fortunate to have pioneers like Billie Jean King and really take a stance for women in tennis,” Williams said. “I feel like we got really, really fortunate to have that. In the fourth round, Williams will play the 52nd-ranked Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, who beat Shuai Zhang, 6-2, 7-5. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyComing into the tournament, Serena Williams had some concerns about a sore right shoulder. Still, Serena Williams said she was not quite at her best.

Source: New York Times September 04, 2016 00:39 UTC