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U.S. Open: American makes Semi-Finals in quest for 23rd Grand Slam title

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09-08-2016 13:04 BJT

World number one tennis player Serena Williams was looking to continue her quest for a 23rd Grand Slam title, and her seventh here in New York when she took on fifth seeded Simona Halep in the quarterfinals.

Serena Williams of the United States returns a ball to Simona Halep of Romania during the women

Serena Williams of the United States returns a ball to Simona Halep of Romania during the women's singles quarter-final match at the 2016 U.S. Open in New York, the United States, Sept. 7, 2016. Williams won 2-1. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

The top seed has been at her dominant best so far in this tournament, particularly on serve as the Amercian has not been broken once, but that changed against the speedy Romanian.

Williams in the far court with set point in the first, and the difference in power is all too apparent as Serena delivers bomb after bomb, while Halep flies around the court. The volley ends it as the top seed takes the set 6-2.

Halep fights back in the second, fending off all 12 break points Serena had, and the Romanianwas serving for the set. A deep return from Serena, and then an even longer shot that went long, and Halep won the set 6-4.

Serena broke for a 3-1 lead in the third and had match point. Halep sent her return long and it was all over. A hard fought win for the American, whose record-breaking reign as world number one is now 187 weeks.

Czech 10th seed advances to Semi-Finals to face S. Williams

Another quarterfinal featured 18-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh against Karolina Pliskova. The hard hitting tenth seed from the Czech Republic blasted her way through the first set, taking it with ease, 6-2.

Konjuh kept it close early in the second, but there was little she could do against the power of Pliskova, whose big backhand broke for a 3-2 lead.

Pliskova sealed the match with an ace, 6-2 in the second, and she is moving on to face Serena Williams in the semifinals.

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