Twelfth seed Venus Williams of the USA set up a semifinal clash with Justine Henin at the US Open 2007 with the triumph over third seed and last year’s semifinalist Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.

Williams’ fast serve was not a big problem for Jankovic who made a break twice in the first set. However, she won it 6-4 because she didn’t hold one of her serves. Second set completely belonged to the American, who stayed in the match with a decisive 6-1. In that set Jankovic kind of surrendered, and began to save energy for the third set. The decider was a thrilling tie-breaker, and Venus won it 7-6 (4). Read more »

For those of you who are wondering what Monica Seles is doing these days, here she is at the US Open 2007. The nine-times Grand Slam champion was spotted watching Justine Henin vs. Serena Williams quarterfinal.
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Two Russians, Anna Chakvetadze and Svetlana Kuznetsova have accompanied Justine Henin in the 2007 US Open semifinals.

Sixth-seeded Chakvetadze reached her first Grand Slam semis with a 6-4 6-1 triumph over eighteenth-seeded Shahar Peer, the first woman from Israel to play in the U.S. Open quarterfinals.

Chakvetadze’s next opponent is fourth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, who advanced to the final four with a confident 6-1 6-4 victory over Hungarian rising star Agnes Szavay.

In the all-Russian semifinal, Kuznetsova is the favorite, but Chakvetadze is definitely not an easy opponent. After all, she couldn't have won four titles this season if she hadn't been in top form.

The last women's quarterfinal was scheduled for Wednesday night, with two-time Open champion Venus Williams playing third-seeded Jelena Jankovic.

While practicing with Mikhail Youzhny before the US Open 2007, fun-loving Novak Djokovic imitated Maria Sharapova. Hilarious! Nole has done this before, both with Sharapova and Rafael Nadal, but this time he impersonated Masha so well that I felt like I was watching her.

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Top seed Justine Henin gave a magnificent display to beat Serena Williams 7-6 6-1 in their much-anticipated US Open quarterfinal clash.

Eighth-seeded Williams had a set point at 6-5 in the first set, but Henin claimed the set on a tiebreak, 7-3, and then won the second set in just 36 minutes.

Serena was unable to hide her disappointment after the loss. Take a look at what she said at a post-match press-conference. Read more »