Use element.matches if available.

src/selection/selection.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function d3_selection(groups) {
 
 var d3_select = function(s, n) { return n.querySelector(s); },
     d3_selectAll = function(s, n) { return n.querySelectorAll(s); },
-    d3_selectMatcher = d3_documentElement[d3_vendorSymbol(d3_documentElement, "matchesSelector")],
+    d3_selectMatcher = d3_documentElement.matches || d3_documentElement[d3_vendorSymbol(d3_documentElement, "matchesSelector")],
     d3_selectMatches = function(n, s) { return d3_selectMatcher.call(n, s); };
 
 // Prefer Sizzle, if available.