Serena Williams will continue her U.S Open title charge on Wednesday with a quarter-final showdown against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Serena Williams still hasn’t lost a set in this year’s U.S Open, raising questions about the decision to make her the 28th seed in the draw at Flushing Meadows. The former world No. 1 entered this competition in terrific form, showing plenty of slam-winning form, and winning two WTA titles in recent weeks.She booked her place in the last eight by defeating another former rankings topper, Ana Ivanovic. Ivanovic wasn’t completely outclassed by Williams in the fourth round, but she wasn’t able to do much to prevent her straight sets loss (6-3, 6-4). Eight double faults held the Serb back, and the fact that she hit more winners than Williams wasn’t enough to enable her to upset the odds.
Williams will now take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Wednesday in the quarter-finals. Pavlyuchenkova should be in good spirits after recording a superb 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 success against Francesca Schiavone in round four, but she’ll need to maintain this level of play to test Williams, who is arguably the tournament favourite. It will be fascinating to see how this contest pans out.