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US star hopes to bag many titles and raise more babies

Serena Williams of the USA celebrates after defeating Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in a fourth round match on day seven of the 2018 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

More trophies and children are hopefully in Serena Williams future, said tennis's most famous working mother, adding that she has a new appreciation about how difficult it is to raise both.

A day after celebrating her daughter Alexis Olympia's first birthday, Williams had a little celebration for herself on Sunday, securing a place in the US Open quarter-finals with a topsy-turvy 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 win over Estonia's Kaia Kanepi to leave her on track for a record equalling 24th career Grand Slam.

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