Venus Williams Defeats Shahar Peer

There was no stopping for American tennis player Venus Williams to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals. On Sunday, the 2-time US Open champion defeated 16th seed Israel’s Shahar Peer, 7-6 6-3.

Williams, the No. 3 seed, moves on to play No. 6 Francesca Schiavone of Italy, who won easily over Anastasia Palyuchenkova of Russia, 6-3, 6-0.