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Serena Williams reaches fourth round at U.S. Open

Serena Williams unleashes a serve Saturday during her straight-set victory over Johanna Larsson.
(Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AFP / Getty Images)
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Serena Williams has played three matches — all straight-set wins — and has yet to lose her serve at this year’s U.S. Open.

In fact, Johanna Larsson of Sweden is the only one of three opponents to reach break point against Williams.

One break point.

Just like that, it was gone.

Williams defeated Larsson, 6-2, 6-1, in the third round Saturday afternoon to record her 307th victory in a Grand Slam tournament, an Open-era record. Williams will next play Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the fourth round.

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With such little suspense on the court, the questions quickly turned to fashion during the post-match TV interview. Williams was asked about her neon pink sleeves.

“They’re my Wonder Woman sleeves,” she said.

Shvedova beat Shuai Zhang of China, 6-2, 7-5, and hasn’t dropped a set in three matches. She is 0-4 against Williams. Their last meeting came in 2014 in Miami.

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