Record breaking Serena Williams bags her 308th Grand Slam victory

Record breaking Serena Williams bags her 308th Grand Slam victory
By Christopher Cummins with AGENCIES
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Serena Williams has advanced into quarter finals of the US Open after dispatching Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-3.

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Serena Williams has advanced into quarter finals of the US Open after dispatching Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-3.

The victory means that Serena has now won 308 Grand Slam matches, a record.

World No.1 SerenaWilliams</a> breaks Navratilova&#39;s Grand Slam win record--> <a href="https://t.co/Sbc7N9ajnK">https://t.co/Sbc7N9ajnK</a> <a href="https://t.co/3KdctCoBAJ">pic.twitter.com/3KdctCoBAJ</a></p>&mdash; WTA (WTA) September 4, 2016

The 22-time Grand Slam winner meets the Romanian fifth seed Simona Halep next up.

Her sister Venus, the oldest player left in the tournament, came unstuck against the Czech Karolina Pliskova.

I think I’ve shot more Pliskova fist pumps today than in the last two years combined… she was fired up. pic.twitter.com/He3CZtLAYL

— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) September 5, 2016

Venus won the first set then the Czech claimed the second set before the decider went to a tie-break.

Pliskova wins 4-6 6-4 7-6.

Andy Murray in the form of his life made light work of a potentially tricky match against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

Victory in double quick ⌚- andy_murray</a> sets up repeat of Olympic semi-final at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USOpen?src=hash">#USOpen</a> <a href="https://t.co/oV1MUX55Gh">https://t.co/oV1MUX55Gh</a> <a href="https://t.co/y7ne2z0HeT">pic.twitter.com/y7ne2z0HeT</a></p>&mdash; Team GB (TeamGB) September 6, 2016

Murray won 6-1 6-2 6-2 and delivered the fastest serve of his career at 226 km/h.

Murray meets Kei Nishikori next.

Another form player, Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro, is through to the quarters.

Juan Martin del Potro is back in US Open quarterfinals https://t.co/fk4o3z0mdZRachelCohenAP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USOpen?src=hash">#USOpen</a> <a href="https://t.co/QDWdJB5zFL">pic.twitter.com/QDWdJB5zFL</a></p>&mdash; AP Sports (AP_Sports) September 5, 2016

He was 6-3 3-2 up when his Australian opponent Dominic Thiem retired with an injury.

Del Potro plays Stan Wawrinka next.

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