Serena Williams became the winningest Grand Slam player in tennis history — man or woman — with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 victory over Yaroslava Shvedova on Monday, booking her place in the U.S. Open quarterfinals.
The win — Williams' 308th in her major career — passed Roger Federer for most all time.
Williams, bidding for her 23rd major title and sixth at Flushing Meadows, needs to reach the final to have a chance of retaining her spot atop the rankings, and appeared in no mood to surrender her place at the summit as she brushed aside her opponent in one hour and eight minutes.
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She will now take on No. 5 seed Simona Halep in the next round following the Romanian's straight-set win over Carla Suarez Navarro.
History made. Again.#Serena becomes overall Open Era leader in major match wins, def. Shvedova, 6-2, 6-3. #usopenpic.twitter.com/A8HOAZt4Vz
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 5, 2016
Serving typically proved to be the difference for Williams, who lost just two points on her first serve and sent down 11 aces to Shvedova's three.
Shvedova was broken in her first service game, Williams striking for a 2-0 lead after seeing four break points go begging.
The world No. 52 never made an impression on the Williams serve and the 22-time Slam champion wrapped up the set courtesy of one of Shvedova's 17 unforced errors, which handed her a second break.
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Williams found somewhat sterner resistance from Shvedova in the second, but she made no mistake in grasping the only break point of the set to go 4-2 ahead.
And two games later victory was wrapped with a vicious serve that Shvedova could only meekly swat into the net.
STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN
Williams [1] def. Shvedova 6-2 6-3
WINNERS/UNFORCED ERRORS
Williams - 28/13
Shvedova - 11/17
ACES
Williams – 11
Shvedova - 3
BREAK POINTS WON
Williams 3/8
Shvedova 0/0
FIRST SERVE PERCENTAGE
Williams 65
Shvedova 60
PERCENTAGE OF POINTS WON ON FIRST/SECOND SERVE
Williams - 93/50
Shvedova - 59/44
TOTAL POINTS
Williams - 65
Shvedova - 43