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Message: [QUOTE="wire chief, post: 2007555, member: 1411"] Well, CoCo & Serena want to make it 3 Americans in the semis. Venus has not had a worthy opponent until now, meeting Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova after 3 previous qualifiers. Venus played steady, without long stretches of unforced errors and only one double fault. She came through 6-4, 7-6 Though Ana hits hard, she did not take much advantage of Venus' 2nd serve. Contrast that with Venus' return, holding Ana to a tad under 35%. Which may have been a factor in Ana going for too much on 2nd serves, committing 8 doubles. Venus attacked the net well, winning an excellent %age too. Venus does not have an exemplary record at the Aussie, making 1 final, losing to Lil Sis. She hasn't made the semis since 2003, which you could tell, cause she was positively giddy, almost like she just won the whole tourney. The old lady has every reason to feel proud. Announcers said you have to go back to 1982 before you find someone's Venus age in the semis. [/QUOTE]