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Serena Williams had a record-setting win on route to the US Open quarterfinals, but sister Venus Williams?fell to Karolina Pliskova in a third-set tiebreak.Top-seeded Serena took out Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and eight minutes. She will now face 2014 French Open runner-up Simona Halep, who eliminated No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 7-5.Serenas victory gives her 308 match wins in Grand Slam match victories in tennis Open era, one more than Roger Federer for the all-time lead.Federer cant increase his total until next season, because he is sitting out the US Open and the rest of 2016 due to problems with his surgically repaired left knee.Its a huge number. I think its very significant actually. I think its something that, you know, just really talks about the length of my career, in particular, Williams said. Ive been playing for a really long time, but also, you know, given that consistency up there. Thats something that Im really proud of. ?Williams is 308-42 at major tournaments, an .880 winning percentage, and is now three more wins from her 23rd Grand Slam singles title, which would break a tie with Steffi Graf for the most in the Open era, which started in 1968.Serena was asked whether she or Federer would wind up retiring with more.I dont know. Well see, she said. Hopefully well both keep going. I know I plan on it. I know he does. So well see.Early in the day, Venus had gone from down and out to a point from victory, then back down again. In the end, she couldnt quite get past a woman a dozen years younger.She failed to convert a match point and lost 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) to 10th-seeded Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the fourth round, despite vociferous support from the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd down the stretch.I really played the perfect point there, Venus said about her chance to end things while up 5-4 and Pliskova serving at 30-40, and she managed to stay alive.At 36, Venus?would have been the oldest woman to reach the quarterfinals at any major since Martina Navratilova was 37 at Wimbledon in 1994. She made it that far at Flushing Meadows a year ago, before losing to her younger sister.Pliskova managed, just barely, to make it to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at age 24. Until this tournament, she never had been past the third round in 17 appearances at majors.I was prepared that Im going to play Venus -- its going to be tough, because all the people are cheering for her, said Pliskova, who leads the tour in aces in 2016 and produced eight in this match.It took her a while to finish off this one, despite going up an early break in the third set and leading 4-2.Just as it seemed she would run away with it, Venus turned things around enough to go up 5-4 and hold a match point.But Pliskova erased that with a swinging forehand volley -- the sort of shot Venus loves to hit -- and followed it up with another aggressive forehand winner.Then Pliskova broke to lead 6-5 and served for the match, getting three chances to close it at 40-love. After Pliskova frittered away one with a double-fault, Venus steeled herself and stepped up, smacking a volley winner, cross-court backhand winner and two forehand winners to break back for 6-all.To be honest, Pliskova said, it was really difficult ... when I lost my serve.Pliskova will face?Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh, who reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal by upsetting No. 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-4.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.? Wholesale China Jerseys Free Shipping . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. Cheap NFL Jerseys 2020 . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. 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He set up emergency cash reserves to take care of his family and engaged in an emotional talk with his teenage son about looking out for his mom and three sisters.Brauns simply putting things in place before he buckles into his steam-powered rocket cycle this weekend and flips the switch to launch him over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Hes replicating the jump that could have cost his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel, his life four decades ago.I tied up loose ends, as I would for any life-or-death type stunt coming up, said Braun, a longtime Hollywood stuntman who will launch sometime between noon Mountain time Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday, depending on wind conditions. The last thing I want burden my family with on top of the shock of me being ...He took a deep breath.I feel very optimistic about this jump, the 54-year-old Braun continued. I wouldnt be doing this if I thought it couldnt be done.As a tribute to Knievel, Braun named his rocket Evel Spirit. Its identical to the model Knievel used for his failed canyon attempt on Sept. 8, 1974, when he walked away with only minor injuries. Braun wants to prove Knievel couldve made it had his parachute not prematurely deployed.Brauns endeavor is more than three years in the making and cost him around $1.5 million out of his own pocket, with corporate sponsors hard to line up. Hes drawn the interest of ABCs Good Morning America, which will air an interview with him Friday morning. Only fitting since Knievels launch was shown on ABCs Wide World of Sports.This is about the kid Evel inspired and about the Evel spirit, said Braun, who will launch from a spot about five miles away from Knievels site just outside of Twin Falls, Idaho.Along for the journey are two sons yearning to fulfill the legacies of their dads: Kelly Knievel, who was present the day of the crash, and rocket designer Scott Truax, whose father constructed the original X2 Skycycle for Knievel. Scott followed his dads blueprints down to the last bolt, except with one deviation -- updating the parachute system.Brauns rocket will reach a toop speed of 400 mph in about 3 seconds and an altitude of 3,000 feet before the engine cuts off and the parachute deploys.dddddddddddd Braun says he expects to soar about 1,500 feet -- or 0.28 miles -- over the canyon.For the last few months, theyve conducted various tests on the rocket. First and foremost, a static fire test in which they welded the rocket to the ground to make sure it was generating the kind of power they needed to soar so far.Passed with flying colors, Braun said.The parachute test was a different story.Shredded it, Braun recounted.They feel theyve addressed the issues. But its a guess.We just dont know, Braun said. We know what Evels problem was -- his parachute coming out early. What we dont want with mine is it coming out too late. Therein lies the secret -- what is that magic formula?Because up to the point of me climbing in it, theres no real test that can be done.Watching Brauns attempt closely will be Michael Hughes, a self-taught rocket scientist in Apple Valley, California. He almost teamed up with Braun a few years ago. But Hughes wanted to build rockets on his own.On Oct. 18, Hughes will attempt to rocket over the ghost town of Amboy, California, once a familiar spot along Route 66.The 60-year-old Hughes is unique in that his launch pad also doubles as a motor home. He successfully completed a jump on Jan. 30, 2014, in Winkelman, Arizona, but hurt his left and ribs on the fall back to earth because his parachute shredded.Of course, hes hoping for the best for Braun. But the parachute design concerns him.If his rocket ever starts tumbling, which Knievels did, it will land and not be a happy ending for him, explained Hughes, a limo driver in his spare time. You can get rolled up in the parachute.Braun tried not to make a big deal of the jump to his family. But he did have a serious conversation with his son. Braun told him that should anything go wrong, the son would one day walk his sisters down the aisle at their weddings.I had him promise, Braun said. Because thats important to me.---On the Web: www.evelspirit.com; http://www.madmikehughes.com/ ' ' '