Tennis - US Open - New York, U.S. - September 3, 2017 - Venus Williams of the U.S. celebrates her defeat of Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain during their fourth round match. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American women continued to shine on a grey Labor Day weekend as the resurgent Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens fought their way into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Sunday.
Ninth seed Williams and Stephens qualified with 6-3 3-6 6-1 wins against gritty Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro and German Julia Goerges, respectively.
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