Serena Williams came victorious once again as she maimed Ana Ivanovic in BNP Paribas Semifinal Showdown, 6-3, at Madison Square Garden. This is the third consecutive loss of 21-year-old Serb to Serena. The first time was in US Open 2006 while the second was just two weeks ago at Dubai.
"Playing in the storied Madison Square Garden for the first time on a snowy New York evening, Ana began superbly. She hit a number of breathtaking forehand winners and had the 10-time Grand Slam champion on the back foot. At 1-1 on the Williams serve Ana moved to 15-40. Williams responded like the great champion she is, delivering three consecutive first serves, including one at the 'decisive point', usually known as deuce, which decided the game in this 'no-ad' scoring system
(anaivanovic.com)."
What's really in Serena that she keeps on winning? Is she the new Justine Henin of this generation? Right after Justine Henin announced her retirement on Roland Garros Women's Finale in 2008, Serena and Venus were in neck-in-neck in winning big tournaments. Venus won Wimbledon months after Roland Garros with Serena as her finalist. After Wimbledon, Serena won the US Open. Then Venus was once again the champion in year-end WTA Championship at Doha and at Australian Open earlier this year, Serena got her tenth grand slam win with both of them as the winners in doubles. Just a week ago, Venus won the Barclay Tennis Championship at DubaiWow, this Williams sisters can surely be a big name in tennis this 2009. Let's see if one of them can win the French Open in May.
Serena's elder sister, Venus Williams, also sealed a 6-4 victory over Jelena Jankovic. Basing on their scores, Ivanovic placed last among the four, Jankovic in third, Venus came second and Serena is the champion.
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