Serena Williams reacts during her match against Tsvetana Pironkova during the quarter-finals of the US Open. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Serena Williams stayed on course to match Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 grand slam singles titles after stalling Tsvetana Pironkova’s remarkable comeback in the US Open quarter-finals. She broke again after a lung-busting rally to end the eighth game and hammered down three aces as she sealed the second set and forced her now almost customary decider. With the forehand errors creeping in for a plainly exhausted Pironkova, Williams took control with an early break and repeated the feat to duly end her opponent’s gutsy effort and book her place in the last four. I think I was pretty close to not (winning), but I kept fighting and that’s what I’m most pleased about.”PA Media

Source: Irish Independent September 09, 2020 19:32 UTC