NEW YORK — The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
3:05 p.m.
Reminded that it's been 18 years since her first U.S. Open, a victorious Venus Williams joked: "Why do you have to bring all that stuff up? It makes me feel old."
Williams looked like a player in her prime in a 6-3, 6-4 third-round win Friday over 12th-seeded Belinda Bencic, who just happens to be 18 years old, born a few months before the American's stunning run to her first U.S. Open final.
Williams, now 35 and dealing with auto-immune condition Sjogren's syndrome, rallied from down a break in the second set Friday.