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NEW YORK The Williams sisters keep cruising along at the U.S. Open, but it can only continue for one more match.
Venus and Serena Williams posted 6-2, 6-1 victories during the third round Saturday. Another win, and they'll face each other in the quarterfinals.
The sisters are the only former champs still alive.
Venus opened play at Arthur Ashe Stadium by beating No.27 seed Alona Bondarenko in 56 minutes. About five hours later on the same court, Serena defeated 30th-seeded Ai Sugiyama.
Serena, the No.4 seed, has lost 10 games in three straight-set wins. Venus, seeded seventh, has dropped 11.
“I think that definitely the Wimbledon win helped me a lot to change my mentality, to realize not every thing has to be perfect all the time,” said Venus, who beat her sister in that final. “That's helped me to, if I don't have a perfect practice, I don't get really upset about the whole tournament.”
Venus next will face No.9 seed Agnieszka Radwanska, who won their lone meeting, in 2006 when Williams was battling a wrist injury.
Serena will play either Severine Bremond or Tathiana Garbin in the fourth round.
Julie Coin's stay at the Open is over. The world's 188th-ranked player upset No.1
Ana Ivanovic on Thursday, but her run ended in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to
Amelie Mauresmo, the No.32 seed.
TODAY'S FEATURED MATCHES
Arthur Ashe Stadium (Play begins on all courts at 11 a.m.): Caroline Wozniacki (21) vs. Jelena Jankovic (2); Radek Stepanek (28) vs. Roger Federer (2); Andy Roddick (8) vs. Andreas Seppi (31). Night Session (Play begins at 7 p.m.): Elena Dementieva (5) vs. Li Na; Marin Cilic (30) vs. Novak Djokovic (3).
Louis Armstrong Stadium: Nikolay Davydenko (5) vs. Dmitry Tursunov (26); Sybille Bammer (29) vs. Marion Bartoli (12); Tommy Robredo (15) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (19); Jarkko Nieminen vs. Fernando Gonzalez (11).
Grandstand: Nicolas Almagro (18) vs. Gilles Muller; Fernando Verdasco (13) vs. Igor Andreev (23); Patty Schnyder (15) vs. Katarina Srebotnik (28).
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