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Serena Williams become Wimbledon 2009 Ladies Single Champion

At Fourth of July, America’s Independence Day, Venus Williams was far from the best. Her progress in wimbledon 2009 Women Final match against her sister Serena Williams had been more impressive, contained fewer games and less stress, but there was not enough in the tank today once the match hit its stride.

At London Club in an 87 minutes match Serena removed the ladies’ singles championship crown from the custody of her older sister Venus. In straight sets of 7-6 (7-3) and 6-2 in. This was Serena’s third Wimbledon title and 11th Grand Slam and was ample amends for her loss to her big sister 12 months ago. It was well deserved as Venus admitted, saying: “Serena had the answer for everything and played the best tennis today, so congratulations.”

Serena had been saying from the start of tornament that it is her turn to win Wimbledon. And since the Williamses have turned this event into a private affair, the only one she really needed to defeat was Venus.

The job was accomplished in typical powerful style, with Venus so worn down that her own game collapsed spectacularly from 2-2 in the second set.

Serena expressed disbelief that she was finally holding once more the Wimbledon trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, which might have been named for her sister, who has won it five times, and paid full tribute: “Venus is the greatest on this surface.” At which they both went off for a rest before playing the doubles final.

Venus and Serena Williams in Wimbledon 2009 Final

Once again defending champion Venus Williams will play against her sister Serena Williams in the Wimbledon Tennis Tornament  final for the second straight year. Both sisters ousted Russian opponents today. The 29-year-old Venus took just 51 minutes to beat No. 1 seed Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0 at the All England Club in London, while Serena saved a match point in the third set before winning 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 8-6 over Elena Dementieva in a match that lasted almost two hours long (2:49). This was the longest women’s semifinal in Wimbledon history.

“It’s a dream come true to be here again and to have the opportunity to hold the plate up,” Venus told the News Channels. “The hardest part is yet to come, and thats to play with my sister, Serena Williams.” Venus is aiming for her sixth title at the only Grand Slam played on grass, and would become the first player since Germany’s Steffi Graf from 1991 to 1993 to win the tournament three years in a row. The sisters will face off in the final at a major for the eighth time. Serena, seeded No. 2 this year, beat Venus, seeded No. 3, for the Wimbledon championship in 2002 and 2003. The championship match will be played on 4th of July 2009, at the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Venus, who also has two titles at the U.S. Open, swept aside Safina with ease, converting all five break points and making just one unforced error.

Serena and Djokovic qualified for semis at Miami

Serbian third outstanding tennis player and well performer Novak Djokovic qualified for the semi finals at Miami of the ATP Masters 1000 hard-court tournament on Wednesday with a 6-3 6-4 triumph over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

And In the women’s draw, top world rated Serena Williams misplaced the initial five games then rebounded to reach the semi finals.

Djokovic will now be in front of victor of the quarter final between second top ranked Swiss Roger Federer and fifth world honored American Andy Roddick. Djokovic, who had missed his last four encounters with the Frenchman, upturned that course in spite of getting treatment for obvious heat connected indications in the second set.

In the eighth game of second set Tsonga had two opportunities to smash Djokovic but couldn’t take advantage on either and the Serbian ruled out the match in just under two hours.

Djokovic, who described that he had been battling a bear ailment on Tuesday, said that the heat and the force of the match all exaggerated him. But he still showed accurate, influential groundstroke that had Tsonga on the self-protective from the beginning.

Previously, Serena Williams missed and lost the first five games then came up to achieve the semi finals, where she expected a probable matchup in opposition to her sister Venus. Serena defeated a miserable beginning to crush unseeded Li Na of China 4-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 in the quarter finals. Williams looks for her sixth Key Biscayne title, which would break the record she shares with Steffi Graf.

The three time champion Venus Williams was to countenance Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in the last of the quarter-finals afterward on Wednesday. The other one semi-final on Thursday will be played No.8-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova and No.11 Victoria Azarenka. Williams was on the edge of being distress, but in the essential second set, Li unsuccessful to change all six of her break point chances. The last came at 5-all and Williams got it with a service winner.

Li build effects simple for Williams in the tiebreaker by devoting six voluntary faults. As the third set began to slip away from Li, she displayed her disappointment by slamming a ball in opposition to the backstop on the far end of the court. Then she twice faulted on break point to drop behind 2-1. Williams achieved and won the next three games at love and ruled out the conquest with a service winner.