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| Williams moved level with Navratilova's 306 major tournament victories beating fellow American Vania King 6-3 6-3 in the second round at Flushing Meadows |
Serena Williams reflected
on a "cool milestone" after equalling Martina Navratilova's Open-era
record for grand slam women's singles wins.
Press
Association report continues:
Williams
moved level with Navratilova's 306 major tournament victories by easing past
fellow American Vania King 6-3 6-3 in the second round at Flushing Meadows.
The
world number one has never lost before round three at the US Open and, with
Beyonce and Jay-Z watching on in Arthur Ashe Stadium, she was delighted to
reach Navratilova's mark.
"Sometimes
I don't even know that I'm hitting these milestones," Williams said.
"But
some of them I'm really proud of. Like this one's kind of cool, to win 306.
That's really a cool milestone.
"Martina
was just an incredible legend. For me, one of the best players to ever play
tennis.
"Someone
that I never even thought I could be as good as numbers-wise. So, yeah, that's
what I think of her."
Williams
is bidding to achieve another milestone in New York, where success would see
her overtake Steffi Graf's Open-era record 22 grand slam singles titles.
The
top seed was not at her blistering best against her King, making 28 unforced
errors, but this was her second straight-sets victory and she was in control
throughout.
"I
just think it should have been a different scoreline for me. I feel like I made
a lot of errors," Williams said.
"I
just didn't have a great day today. But it's always good to get a win when
you're not playing well. I definitely don't think I played the way I did in my
first round."
Williams
will now face Sweden's Johanna Larsson for a place in the last 16 and the
34-year-old insists her troublesome right shoulder is still holding up.
"It's
stable. I just got to keep it like that," Williams said.
"It's
two matches in, and usually you want to be able to play seven matches. It's not
even close to the halfway point.
"I
definitely want to keep it as good as it can be."
Elsewhere, Serena's sister Venus also progressed, along with fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and fifth seed Simona Halep.
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