February 2nd, 2009
Grand Slam Tennis - Safina, Williams To Dispute Ladies\\\’ Crown
Tournament favorite and second ranked Serena Williams earned a ticket to play in the Australian Open tennis finals when she defeated fourth ranked Russian Elena Dementieva in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the first semi-final match this morning. The win snapped Dementieva’s unbeaten streak and also avenged Williams’ loss to Dementieva in the semi-finals of the Beijing Olympics and Medibank International.
If Roger Federer is going for history by winning his 14th Grand Slam singles titles, Williams is going for her 10th and a piece of tennis history as she joins an elite club of women tennis players who have won 10 or more Grand Slam singles titles. And it surely is a club that she is bent on being a member.