Serena Williams made light work of her older sister Venus Williams to reach the US Open fourth round in New York.
The 23‑time Grand Slam champion, looking to equal Margaret Court's all‑time record of 24, needed just 71 minutes to win 6‑1 6‑2.
The American siblings, aged 38 and 36, were playing for the 30th time ‑ but it was not much of a contest.
Serena Williams, who had a medical timeout in the first set, will play Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in the last 16.
Meanwhile, defending champion Rafael Nadal dug deep to outmanoeuvre powerful Russian Karen Khachanov and win their thrilling US Tennis Open third‑round match in four sets.
The Spanish top seed failed to serve out the match at 5‑4 in the fourth, but recovered to take the tie‑break.
World number one Nadal will play Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili in the last 16.
[Source: BBC]
