LAST 16. U.S. OPEN 2008
FLAVIA PENNETTA defeated AMELIE MAURESMO 6-3, 6-0
DINARA SAFINA defeated ANNA-LENO GROENEFELD 7-5, 6-0
SERENA WILLIAMS defeated SEVERINE BREMOND 6-2, 6-2
VENUS WILLIAMS defeated AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 6-1, 6-3
ELENA DEMENTIEVA defeated NA LI 6-4, 6-1
PATTY SCHNYDER defeated KATARINA SREBOTNIK 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
SYBILLE BAMMER defeated MARION BARTOLI 7-6(7-3), 0-6, 6-4
JELENA JANKOVIC defeated CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
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QUARTERFINALS
DINARA SAFINA defeated FLAVIA PENNETTA 6-2, 6-3
SERENA WILLIAMS defeated VENUS WILLIAMS 7-6(8-6), 7-6(9-7)
ELENA DEMENTIEVA defeated PATTY SCHNYDER 6-2, 6-3
JELENA JANKOVIC defeated SYBILLE BAMMER 6-1, 6-4
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SEMIFINALS
SERENA WILLIAMS defeated DINARA SAFINA 6-3, 6-2
JELENA JANKOVIC defeated ELENA DEMENTIEVA 6-4, 6-4
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FINAL
SERENA WILLIAMS defeated JELENA JANKOVIC 6-4, 7-5
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(The pictures above show Flavia at Wimbledon 2008. The U.S. Open was where Pennetta enjoyed her best run in a Grand Slam event in 2008, the Italian reaching the quarter-finals before going out to Russia's Dinara Safina.)