SERENA Williams has broken through another barrier, her 308th Grand Slam match win taking her past Roger Federer for most wins in major tournaments and into the quarterfinals of the US Open at Flushing Meadows."Wow, it’s really exciting," Williams said of moving out of a tie with Swiss great Federer for most Grand Slam match wins."This is where it all started so it’s always so magical out here for me — 308 sounds pretty good."As Williams, never seriously challenged in a 6-2 6-3 victory over 52nd-ranked Yaroslava Shvedova, sailed on, one of the two players with a chance to topple her from the world No1 spot in this tournament bowed out as fourth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska was shocked by 18-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh.The 6-4 6-4 triumph avenged a bitter disappointment for Konjuh, who held three match points against Radwanska in the second round at Wimbledon before falling 9-7 in the third round after stepping on a ball and turning her ankle. "She’s an incredible player and I’m happy t...
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