2014 US Open Women's Singles

Serena Williams roared back from an early deficit to defeat Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday Sep 03,2014 and book a US Open semi-final clash with Ekaterina Makarova.

Playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final of 2014, world number one Williams kept her bid for a third-straight US Open title -- and sixth overall -- alive as she stretched her perfect record over the 11th-seeded Italian to 6-0.

Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki to face off against one another in US Open women's final

Top-seeded world number one Williams overpowered Russian left-hander Ekaterina Makarova 6-1 6-3, unleashing her daunting firepower against the 17th-seeded Russian

 

Serena Williams's route to the final
First round: beat Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-3 6-1
Second round: beat Vania King (USA) 6-1 6-0
Third round: beat Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-3 6-3
Fourth round: beat Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-3 6-3
Quarter-finals: beat Flavia Pennetta (Ita x11) 6-3 6-2
Semi-finals: beat Ekaterina Makarova (Rus x17) 6-1 6-3

Serena Williams's Grand Slam titles
Australian Open (5): 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010
French Open (2): 2002 and 2013
Wimbledon (5): 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2012
US Open (5): 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012 and 2013

Caroline Wozniacki advanced when China's Peng Shuai broke down in scary distress due to heat illness and retired in the second set, while trailing 7-6(1) 4-3

 Caroline Wozniacki shows her concern after Peng Shuai falls to the ground moments before retiring
 

Peng Shuai had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair  

 
The two women were photographed hanging out together in Miami in June

US Marines hold a giant American flag unfurled across center court before the start of the women's final round match between Serena Williams of the US and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark on the fourteenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York

Serena Williams wins 2014 US Open Women's Singles Title

Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final 

It took Williams just 75 minutes to overcome her close friend in New York 
 
Caroline Wozniacki says Williams helped her get over the end of her engagement to golf star Rory McIlroy
Serena Willaims has now won her home major six times: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-2014

Serena Williams has 18 career Slams, level with Martina Navaratilova and Chris Evert

Serena Williams's 18 Grand Slam titles
Australian Open (5): 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010
French Open (2): 2002 and 2013
Wimbledon (5): 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2012
US Open (6): 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014

Serena Williams equaled Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with 18 major singles titles, the fourth-most in history. Williams also matched Evert's total of six championships at the U.S. Open and became the first woman to win three in a row since Evert's four-title run from 1975-78.

Navratilova and Evert presented Williams with a gold bracelet to mark her
 

Top women's Grand Slam singles titles winners
24- Margaret Court (Aus)
22- Steffi Graf (Ger)
19- Helen Wills Moody (US)
18- Martina Navratilova (US), Chris Evert (US), Serena Williams (US)
12- Billie Jean King (US)