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		</div><p>Serena Williams insists she has nothing to lose when she takes on Britain&#8217;s Johanna Konta at the Australian Open.</p>
<p>Williams will be walking out for her 47th grand slam quarter-final while Konta is playing her second, and the American is also gunning for an Open era record 23rd major title in Melbourne.</p>
<p>One more triumph would pull Williams clear of Steffi Graf and one short of Margaret Court in the all-time list.</p>
<p>It would also see her reclaim the world number one ranking after the current incumbent Angelique Kerber was beaten in the fourth round by Coco Vandeweghe on Sunday.</p>
<p>Williams moved one step closer with a 7-5 6-4 victory over 16th seed Barbora Strycova and now faces Konta, the in-form British number one, for a place in the last four.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have absolutely nothing to lose in this tournament,&#8221; Williams said. &#8220;Everything here is a bonus for me.</p>
<p>&#8220;Obviously I&#8217;m here to win, hopefully I can play better, I can only go better.&#8221;</p>
<p>Williams chose not to play another match last year after the US Open in September, deciding instead to recover from niggling injuries and recuperate.</p>
<p>She then endured a second-round loss at her comeback in Auckland earlier this month, prompting doubts about her fitness and form coming into the first grand slam of the season.</p>
<p>Into the quarter-finals, however, and without dropping a set, Williams is now the clear favourite to collect a seventh Australian Open title.</p>
<p>She has never played Konta but is aware of her opponent&#8217;s remarkable rise, the Briton chasing her 12th consecutive victory after winning the Sydney International a fortnight ago.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have watched her game a lot,&#8221; Williams said.</p>
<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s been doing really, really well, and she hasn&#8217;t lost yet this year, I don&#8217;t think (she has once, at Shenzhen).</p>
<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s been playing really well. She has a very attacking game. I know her game pretty well and I look forward to it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Williams will be hoping to avoid another upset at Melbourne Park, where the top two seeds in the men&#8217;s draw &#8211; Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic &#8211; have both crashed out, as well as Kerber in the women&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Defeat for Williams would make it the first grand slam since the 2004 French Open that the top two seeds in both singles draws failed to make the semi-finals.</p>
<p>&#8220;Murray was very shocking. I went to bed by the time the other match came on, because it was getting to be so late &#8211; believe it or not, I&#8217;m still slightly jet lagged,&#8221; Williams said.</p>
<p>&#8220;But it&#8217;s been a couple of interesting weeks for Angie. You know, she&#8217;s been dealing with a lot. I think she was able to handle it the best she could.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think Coco played really well. I think she really just came up with a wonderful game plan and it was an easy match so it wasn&#8217;t too surprising.&#8221;</p>
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