Serena Williams Picks Up 300th Grand Slam Match Win

Williams has won six of her 21 Grand Slam titles at the All England Club

Defending champion Serena Williams did not need to work too hard to earn her 300th career Grand Slam match win and move into the fourth round at Wimbledon, overwhelming 43rd-ranked Annika Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-0.

It took all of 51 minutes at Centre Court on Sunday.

Williams seemed surprised after the match, telling reporters she had "no idea" that she reached the milestone.

"Cool, oh, nice. I had no idea. That's awesome, right? That's a lot of matches," Williams said.

Williams, who has won six of her 21 Grand Slam titles at the All England Club, compiled a 25-2 edge in winners.

After falling behind 2-1 at the outset against Beck, Williams won 11 of the last 12 games and 24 of the second set's 28 points.

The No. 1-ranked Williams improved to 300-42 at major tournaments. That breaks a tie at 299 wins with Chris Evert and now ranks second in the Open era to Martina Navratilova, who went 306-49.

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