For the fourth time, Serena Williams is one match win from a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title. - NBCSports
“In this tournament, I guess, I have definitely turned a different zone,” Williams, who spans a record 20 years between her first and most recent Slam finals, said after her fourth-round sweep Sunday. “I’m not sure if I can articulate what zone that is.”
Since those comments, Williams had what her coach called her best performance as a mom, a 6-1, 6-0 rout of ChineseThen she took out Svitolina, the highest seed of the quarterfinalists who hadn’t dropped a set in her first five matches. The Ukrainian squandered a chance for a hot start, going 0 for 6 on break points in the first set.Williams will be the favorite against the winner of Thursday’s later semifinal, looking to become the fourth mom to win a major singles title.
In their only head-to-head, Andreescu led Williams 3-1 in the final of their last event before the U.S. Open, when Williams retired with back spasms, part of a string of injuries since having daughter, the former junior No. 1 who is into her first Grand Slam semifinal at age 22. Williams is 3-1 against her., pointed to her recently improved fitness and health as a key to finally winning her first title as a mom come Saturday.
“I know she’s played a lot in her life, but still, there is a special emotion in a final, especially when you’re supposed to win, and when you are called Serena you are supposed to win all the time,” he said Sunday. “It’s not the same as for another player playing a final, an unexpected player in the final..The U.S. Open continues Friday with the men’s semifinals —, takes on Italian 24th seedof Russia against former world No.
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