Serena Williams' Epic Point Proves She's Still Queen Of The Court At U.S. Open

The tennis star gutted out a three-set victory over Tsvetana Pironkova in the quarterfinal and a 24-hit rally helped her get there.
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Serena Williams kept the hits coming at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

The tennis star moved closer to her long-awaited 24th Grand Slam title with a gutsy three-set comeback victory over Tsvetana Pironkova ― and an epic rally helped her get there.

Watch the 24-hit exchange with Pironkova that enabled Williams to break her opponent’s serve and eventually win the second set to tie the match. Williams dominated the rest of the way, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

“That’s one thing that I’m super excited about is I never give up, and I just got to keep going,” Williams said afterward, per ESPN

Williams also threw in a few rare left-handed returns during the match and won those points. Athlete.

Williams faces Victoria Azarenka in a semifinal Thursday night.

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