September 4, 2016 8:02 AM

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Serena Williams sets women's record of 307 victories in grand slams

In Tennis, world number one Serena Williams has created history by setting a record of most number of Grand Slam matches wins by a woman in the Open era. In the US Open last night, the American defeated Johanna Larsson of Sweden, 6-2, 6-1 to progress to the pre-quarterfinals and surpass Martina Navratilova's record of 306 wins.Serena is now tied with Roger Federer who holds the record for men.Serena is eying to clinch a 23rd Grand Slam Singles title. If she wins, she will become the most successful woman in the Open Era. The American is currently equal with Steffi Graf with 22 major Singles titles.Others who have entered the Singles fourth round include Andy Murray, Stanislas Wawrinka, Agnieszka Radwanska, Simona Halep, Juan Martin del Potro and Kei Nishikori.In Mixed Doubles, Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian team-mate Gabriela Dabrowski stormed into the quarterfinals. However, Leander Paes and Martina Hingis made an exit.In Women's Doubles, the seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair of Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova advanced to the pre-quarterfinals.

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