The Latest: Serena beats Kanepi, reaches US Open quarters
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):5:45 p.m.
Serena Williams started fast and finished strong to reach the quarterfinals by beating Kaia Kanepi 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
Williams, seeded 17th, won the first set in just 18 minutes. She quickly seized control again after dropping the second, racing to a 3-0 lead in the final set.
The six-time U.S. Open champion, who missed the tournament last year and gave birth to her daughter during it, advanced to face 2016 finalist and No. 8 seed Karolina Pliskova.
Kanepi, the 44th-ranked Estonian who knocked out top-ranked Simona Halep, was trying to make her second straight U.S. Open quarterfinal.___3:50 p.m.
Karolina Pliskova reached the U.S.