In an important season ending tournament, Venus manages to advance but unfortunately has to leave her sister, Serena, behind. Venus Williams recently managed to defeat her sister Serena in a set of three matches, with scores of 5 - 7, 6 - 1, 6 - 0. The match occurred on Thursday, and allowed Venus to reach into the semifinals for the WTA Tour, as this battle was one of the season ending matches for the season ending Sony Ericsson Championships which were held at Doha in Qatar. Not only did Serena have difficulty defending her title in this epic match against her older sister, but she also went on to call this match her worst of the year and her worst game during the entire tennis season.
According to Serena Williams, she just could not manage to keep the ball in play. She felt like everything was off during her last tennis match of the 2008 season, and was not ashamed to admit it following the match. The wind played a large part in some of her hits, as she swung to meet the ball, but found it going in the wrong direction or receiving a little too much influence from the wind. She ended up conceding the final point after assuming that the ball would be going out, and referees determined that the point should be replayed but Serena was already aware that she would not win, and acted accordingly.
Venus, the older system of Serena Williams is 3 - 0 in round robin play within a tournament that is featuring the top eight players on the court this year. Serena Williams managed to drop down to 1 - 1, but she was still given a chance to advance in the tournament should she manage to beat Elena Dementieva, which would have been the last match if she lost. Dementieva has been having an excellent season, beating Dinara Safina with 6 - 2 and 6 - 4, which was enough to eliminate her from the championships all together. The topped rank player Jelena Jankovic also managed to secure a semifinal spot in the tournament by defeating another top ranking player, Svetlana Kuznetsova with 7 - 6, 6, 6 - 4.
At the end of the day, Serena admits that she treats her sister like any other opponent on the court, and while she has not been pleased to lose to her sister, she accepts that her sister has been playing amazingly well all season long and certainly deserved to move on to the semifinals at the end of the tournament. Venus has been performing well this season, taking numerous titles and winning against many of the top seeded players of the season. She is expected to end the season well, and her sister supports her in that. While Venus works to prepare herself for the end of season tournament, Serena will focus on training for next year, where she may be able to outperform her sister in the next season.
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