US Opens : Serena Advances To Quarter Finals, As Venus Crashes Out

Current World number on female tennis player, Serena Williams, has advanced to the U.S. Opens quarter-final stage. In what appeared to be a walk-over match for Serena, she defeated Kazakhstan's Yaroslav Shvedova 6-2 6-3, to hit a record 308th grand slam match win in Arthur Ashe Stadium court.

Serena played the match in just 68 minutes, and has succeeded in toppling Roger Federer's record on the all-time list of matches won at tennis's major events. Serena, will now face Romanian fifth seed Simona Halep in the quarter-final.

Meanwhile, Serena's sister Venus Williams, was beaten 4-6 6-4 7-6 by Karolina Pliskova, endidng any hope of the sisters facing each other in the competition.