News US Open: Serena Williams advances to championship, will play for record-tying 24th Grand Slam September 5, 2019 Wayne Coffey, Special for USA TODAY Sports Comments Off on US Open: Serena Williams advances to championship, will play for record-tying 24th Grand Slam The 37-year-old routed No. 5 Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 6-1. Now she wants her seventh Open title, to tie Margaret Court and to rewrite last year's final.