Williams rolls ankle but ousts Martic to advance
Serena Williams rolled her right ankle but that didn't seem to slow her down in a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Petra Martic that moved her into the U.S. Open quarterfinals for a 16th time.
Williams, who received treatment on her ankle during a change over midway through the second set, came back with little trouble against the 22nd-seeded Martic. The No. 8-seeded Williams blasted 38 winners and won nearly 80 percent of her first-serve points in a match that lasted a little more than an hour and a half.
Williams ended things by raising both arms after smacking an ace at 118 mph, her fastest of the afternoon, punctuating an overpowering performance that included 38 winners to Martic's 11.
Williams, a six-time U.S. Open champ and 23-time Grand Slam tournament winner, moves on to play Wang Qiang, who stunned No. 2 seed Ash Barty earlier Sunday in straight sets.
Third-seeded Karolina Pl isko va also lost as Johanna Konta beat her 6-7 (1), 6-3, 7-5 to move into the tournament's quarterfinals for the first time.
Only three of the top 12 women's seeds are still alive in the tournament.
On the men's side, No. 3 seed Roger Federer cruised through his second straight easy victory at the U.S. Open, beating David Goffin 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 to move into the his 13th quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows.
Federer, who dropped the first set in each of his first two matches, hasn't dropped a set since. He thoroughly dominated the No. 15 Goffin in 1 hour, 19 minutes, blasting 35 winners to just eight for his opponent and serving up 10 aces.
Gauff, McNally advance in doubles play
Co co Gauff is back in the win column at the U.S. Open.
A night after getting knocked out of the singles tournament by No. 1 Naomi Osaka, Gauf f teamed with Caty McNally to move into the third round of women's doubles.
Team McCoco, as they are calling themselves, beat the No .9- seeded team of Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke 6-3, 7-6 (9) before a crowd that was packed to the top of Louis Armstrong Stadium.
G au ff ,15, and the 17- year-oldMcN ally remained unbeaten as a team, having won the U.S. Open junior title last year and teaming for their first WTA doubles title this summer in Washington.
They advanced to face the eighth-seeded team of Ash Barty and Victoria Azarenka. Barty, ranked No .2 in singles, won the U.S. Open doubles title last year with CoCo Vandeweghe.
Short Jr. captures PGA event in Canada
Wes Short Jr. made a short birdie putt on the final hole to win the Shaw Charity Classic on Sunday in Calgary, Canada.
His final-round 4-under 66 gave him a 13-under 267 total, one shot ahead of defending champion Scott McCarron.