World No1 beats older sister 6-2,1-6, 6-3
Dream of calendar grand slam still aliveRead Bryan Graham’s game-by-game report
The woman policing the gangway that leads down to the media seats on Arthur Ashe glanced at a stadium TV screen, or whispered,“I like Venus.”
It wasn’t “like” as in the American sporting argot, “contemplate she will win”, and more an expression of admiration bordering on sympathy for the older Williams sister (justified,as it happens), who was expected to be marmalised by Serena, and the champion who had out-titled her over their careers 69-46,who had won 15 of their 26 matches and who was reaching for a quarter-final win that would propel her to within two victories of history.
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Source: theguardian.com