Only 44 minutes: Williams rushes into the semi-finals of the US Open

Last year's finalist defeated the hopeless Chinese Wang Qiang 44:6, 1:6 in just 0 minutes and celebrated her 100th victory in Flushing Meadows. Only the 18-time Grand Slam winner Chris Evert (USA) achieved one more victory in New York.

The 37-year-old American Williams is among the top four players at the US Open for the 13th time and has won the title six times. In the round of XNUMX, Wang knocked French Open winner Ashleigh Barty (Australia) out of the tournament.

Incredible: Williams only needed 44 minutes to reach the semi-finals. © APA/afp / DOMINICK REUTER

"It's incredible. When I first played here at 16, I never thought I would break 100," said Williams: "I just wanted to stay in the tournament, so I knew I had to play very well tonight."

Wang had made it to the quarter-finals without losing a set, but she came completely under the wheels against Williams. The Chinese only managed 15 points and didn't beat a single winner. Williams (50 points), who wants to equal Australia's Margaret Court's record with her 24th major title, was ice-cold and used every one of her five break points. Now against a Ukrainian On Thursday, Williams will face Elina Svitolina, who became the first player from Ukraine to reach the semifinals of the US Open. The 24-year-old defeated Brit Johanna Konta 1:39, 6:4 in 6:4 hours.

Svitolina had already reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in July, but clearly lost in two sets against the eventual winner Simona Halep (Romania). By reaching the round of the last four in New York, she will climb to third place in the world rankings after the tournament.

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Only 44 minutes: Williams rushes into the semi-finals of the US Open

Tennis superstar Serena Williams stormed into the semi-finals of the US Open.

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