Second seed Serena Williams lost just two games against seed No.22 Daniela Hantuchova to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2009 US Open.

The Slovakian world No.24 was a good competitor until 2-2 in the first set, but since then, before you knew it, the American defending US Open champion won the match by winning all the following games.

Nevertheless, Hantuchova has made her best US Open run since a quarterfinal finish as a teenager in 2002.

Serena's next opponent will be the winner of the Flavia Pennetta vs. Vera Zvonareva match. (photo via Sony Ericsson WTA Tour)

Richard Williams, the father of Serena and Venus Williams, is either playing a game on us or he really can’t remember the name of the top-ranked women’s tennis player.

"I think she's playing great tennis," Richard said about Dinara Safina. "I think she deserves to be No. 1. I'll tell ya something else, no one wants to play Sanowa, or whatever her name is. That girl hits that ball."

Is it possible that he can’t remember the simple word "Safina"? Hehe, whatever, he made me laugh, plus, Safina received a compliment – so it's all good. (Observer via Forty Deuce)

Defending US Open champion Serena Williams unveiled her wax figure at Madame Tussaud in New York. The wax Serena Williams is wearing one of Serena’s most memorable outfits – the Nike piece from the 2004 US Open at which she lost to Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals.

Watch the video of Serena and her beloved wax figure.

The US Open is warning players, their coaches, agents, family members, as well as tournament staff, to be careful of the information they reveal on the social networking site Twitter, so as not to violate anti-corruption rules.

Signs, written by the Tennis Integrity Unit, are being posted in the players' lounge, locker rooms and referee's office. The signs are warning that tweeting is not allowed on court during matches. But that’s not all – off-court tweeting is also under radar: "certain sensitive information concerning your match or other matches and/or players should be avoided. Depending on the information sent out this could be determined as the passing of inside information."

I’m wondering what Serena Williams thinks about this. She has almost 1 million followers on Twitter, and tweeting, anyplace and anytime, is one of her favorite activities.

BTW: Here's Women's Tennis Blog's Twitter page. (source: ESPN, photo by our reader Colleen)

Nike has unveiled the US Open 2009 outfits of their tennis players during the Nike’s US Open challenge in New York.

Maria Sharapova's day dress will be dusty-pink with fluorescent green shoulder straps and piping. Of course, the Russian will have a matching visor and a jacket. Read more »