That plus a 6-3, 6-3 win by Madison Keys over Kaia Kanepi in the nightcap sets up the first all-American women’s semifinals at a Grand Slam in 32 years. Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens advanced on Tuesday, with an American now guaranteed to win it all on Saturday. Falling off the apex, however, that was primarily down to her, top women’s seed at the U.S. Open and bit the dust in a two-set quarter-final defeat administered by CoCo Vandeweghe. Except, since that pre-eminence slipped away from Serena Williams, nobody in the women’s tennis field has actually merited it. Pliskova actually had a set point at 4-5 but a dandy backhand by Vandeweghe saved it.

Source: thestar September 06, 2017 23:26 UTC