Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after match point against Maria Sakkari of Greece (not pictured) on day eight of the 2020 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports

Serena Williams avenges loss to Maria Sakkari, advances to US Open quarterfinals

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Sep 7, 2020 3:24 PM ET

Tennis legend Serena Williams avenged an August loss to Maria Sakkari at the Western & Southern Open by rallying from behind to defeat Sakkari and advance to the US Open quarterfinals on Monday.

Per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), Williams squandered an advantage during the second-set tiebreaker and then went down 2-0 in the deciding set. From there, though, Williams found her championship form and dropped Sakkari 6-3.

The American, who turns 39 years old on Sept. 26, will face Alize Cornet or Tsvetana Pironkova, both unseeded, in the next round.

Williams sits on 23 Grand Slam titles, one behind Margaret Court for the most in history. Earlier in the tournament, Williams passed Chris Evert for most US Open wins in a career.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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