As Serena Williams continues on at the 2020 U.S. Open she gets closer to a potential 24th Grand Slam title.
Serena Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Tsvetana Pironkova, of Bulgaria, during the quarterfinals of the US Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in New York. NEW YORK -- They were just two particular points from Serena Williams' latest three-set comeback at the U.S.
Two more victories for Williams would allow her to claim a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title. The American, who turns 39 in less than three weeks, has won a total of six championships at the U.S. Open and was the runner-up four times, including in 2018 and 2019. This week, in the fourth round, Williams also needed a comeback and the maximum number of sets to get through before defeating 15th-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-7 , 6-3.
The other came in a four-deuce opening game of the final set, and began with the right-handed Williams taking a page out of old friend Maria Sharapova's playbook by hitting a left-handed return of serve. Another 15 strokes followed, with Williams hitting a forehand passing shot that Pironkova volleyed into the tape of the net.
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