Flushing Meadows, NY - Five-time champion Serena Williams was an easy fourth-round winner Monday at the U.S. Open. The world No. 1 superstar won her 18th straight match in New York and reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal of 2014 with a workmanlike 6-3, 6-3 handling of Estonian slugger Kaia Kanepi in 64 minutes at Ashe Stadium on Labor Day in the United States. Williams is now 4-0 lifetime against Kanepi, with Monday marking their first meeting since 2009. The 32-year-old Williams lost in the third round at Wimbledon, second round at the French Open, and fourth round at the Aussie this year. "I finally made a quarterfinal this year," Williams said after the match on court, raising her arms above her head. "Im glad to do it in New York." The 17-time Grand Slam singles champion is now 76-9 lifetime at the U.S. Open, where she beat former world No. 1 and two-time Aussie Open titlist Victoria Azarenka in the last two finals. Williams quarterfinal opponent will be 11th-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta, who opened Monday with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over 29th-seeded Aussie Casey Dellacqua on the hardcourts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. "Shes such a great mover," Williams said of Pennetta. "She does everything so well and Im just going to have fun and enjoy every moment out here." The 32-year-old Pennetta plays her best Grand Slam tennis in New York, where shes reached the quarterfinals now on five occasions, including a surprising run into the semifinals a year ago. Also on Monday, 17th-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova ousted seventh-seeded Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 to reach her second straight U.S. Open quarterfinal. The 26-year-old left-handed Makarova has quietly reached the quarterfinals at four of the last eight Grand Slams, including two straight at the U.S. Open. The 20-year-old Bouchard, who was treated for a heat-related illness during the second set on Monday, was Julys Wimbledon runner-up and reached the semifinals at the years first two majors. Makarova will meet the 16th-seeded Azarenka in the next round. Azarenka survived a scare from Aleksandra Krunic by defeating the Serbian 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. The Belarusian battled back to take the second set and was ahead by two games in the third when Krunic answered with wins in two straight to knot it at 2-2. The two went back-and-forth from there until Azarenka finally put the pesky Krunic away to move on. Ivan Rodriguez Astros Jersey . A police inspector told The Associated Press the crane operator is not yet suspected of any wrongdoing but is considered a key witness to the accident at the Arena Corinthians. Mike Scott Jersey . -- Fantasy football owners and Denver Broncos fans can rest easy: Peyton Manning is back. https://www.cheapastros.com/2043o-jack-m...sey-astros.html. 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"It was a much better effort tonight. It doesnt take us long to get back to our good habits." Rookie Antti Raanta made 21 saves to help Chicago bounce back from a 7-3 loss at Toronto on Saturday night. Marian Hossa had a short-handed score that snapped Los Angeles NHL-record streak of 18 games without allowing a first-period goal. "I just tried to keep on doing the right things and tried to find the puck all the time," said Raanta, who was pulled after two periods in the loss to the Maple Leafs. Raanta was working on his first career shutout before Alec Martinez scored at 16:06 of the third. The Kings then had a power-play opportunity when Andrew Shaw was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct. But the Blackhawks managed to kill it off. "We didnt have the puck very much," Los Angeles coach Darryl Sutter said. "So a lot of the shots were standing at the blue line or sneaking in. We werent in their zone much, so we werent very effective." Kris Versteeg and Patrick Sharp also scored as Chicago improved to 7-0-2 in the second half of games on back-to-back nights. It was win No. 684 for Joel Quenneville, tying Pat Quinn for fourth on the leagues coaching list. The Kings (22-8-4) had won six in a row and were hoping to complete a perfect four-game trip in the same building where their Stanley Cup title defence ended in June. But the matchup of the NHLs best offensive team and the leagues stingiest defence went to the high-scoring Blackhawks, who have won four of five and lead the NHL with 53 points. "It wasnt the start that we wanted and its hard to play catch-up," Kings centre Anze Kopitar said. "Its quite a bit to overcome when its that kind of team. Its no secret we lost the game in the first period." Ben Scrivens had 37 saves for Los Angeles in his first start since Dec.dddddddddddd 2, keeping the Kings in the game with a handful of nice stops in the last two periods. Scrivens and Martin Jones have done a terrific job in goal since Jonathan Quick was shelved by a groin injury last month. The Blackhawks (24-7-5) also were without their top goaltender, Corey Crawford. The 29-year-old Crawford is out with a lower-body injury, and its unclear when he might return. Raanta has started every game since Crawford went down on Dec. 8. He made his best stop against Los Angeles in the second, sticking his right skate out to turn away Kopitar on a prime opportunity. "It shows a lot that a young rookie goaltender like him can come back and play with confidence like he did tonight," Toews said. Chicago beat Los Angeles in five games in the playoffs, and went on to win the title for the second time in four seasons. The series against the Kings culminated with a hat trick for Patrick Kane in the deciding game, including the decisive score in the second overtime off a pass from Toews. Toews picked up right where he left off in the first game of his season between two of the NHLs best teams. First, he won a battle for the puck with Los Angeles defenceman Jake Muzzin behind the Kings net, and then threw it in front for Hossas 14th goal at 5:45 of the first. After Versteeg scored on a 2-on-1 break, Toews made a great cross-ice pass to Sharp for a power-play goal that made it 3-0 with 29 seconds left in the period. "I think Jonathan Toews in the first period pretty much just said, OK boys, my time there," Sutter said. NOTES: It was Bryan Bickell bobblehead night, but the big forward remained out with a lower-body injury. Quenneville said Bickell probably will accompany the team to Nashville for Tuesdays game against the Predators, but its more likely he returns on Friday against Vancouver. "He did well today," Quenneville said, "so hes close." ... Kings D Willie Mitchell was scratched due to an illness. He played in each of Los Angeles first 33 games of the season. ... Quenneville said goaltender Jason LaBarbera "could be in the mix" with the Blackhawks soon. LaBarbera was acquired in a trade with Edmonton on Saturday and assigned to Rockford in the AHL. ' ' '