After two-plus hours of often vintage shot-making, Venus Williams maneuvered into the lead against Karolina Pliskova, one point from becoming the oldest U.S. Open women’s quarterfinalist in the Open era at age 36. “At least I had my serve,” Pliskova said. Top-seeded Serena Williams appears destined to get there, based on her current form and serve. On Williams’ match point, the Czech did everything right. “Whenever you have a match point on someone else’s serve, it’s a little bit of an asterisk,” Williams said.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 06, 2016 01:18 UTC