Serena show rolls on at US Open

REUTERS: The Serena Williams show continued at the US Open as the world number one moved a step closer to a calendar Grand Slam on Wednesday.

Bidding to become just the fourth woman to win all four slams in the same year, no one has more riding on the Flushing Meadows fortnight than Williams, who continued her quest with an error-strewn 7-6(5) 6-3 victory over Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens.

The 110th-ranked Bertens put up a valiant fight and had Williams, who struggled with her serve firing 10 double faults, on the ropes in the opening set.

However, the 33-year-old American’s class shone through in the second set as she broke Bertens three-times to seal her 23rd consecutive US Open victory.

“I never stop. I keep going and give the best effort that I can,” Williams said after raising her 2015 match record to 50-2.