Serena Williams rolls ankle but stays on course for record
02 September 2019 - 15:48
New York — Serena Williams overcame an injury scare to maintain her pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title at the US Open on Sunday while Roland Garros champion Ashleigh Barty and Karolina Pliskova crashed out in the last 16.
Williams, a six-time US Open winner, romped to a 6-3 6-4 victory over Croatian 22nd seed Petra Martic to set up a quarterfinal with China’s Wang Qiang, the conqueror of world No 2 Barty...
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