venus has won 12 times against serena.
venus has won 12 times against serena.
how many times has venus won against serena?
12
the last day saw another showdown between serena williams and defending champion venus williams for the title. serena progressed to the finals undefeated; beating, elena dementieva, svetlana kuznetsova and venus in the group stage. before defeating caroline wozniacki in the semifinals. venus progressed to the finals after having a bad start, losing close three setters to serena and dementieva, whilst defeating kuznetsova. venus received a lucky break as dementieva lost to kuznetsova, tying all 3 players with venus winning and progressing to the semifinals. venus progressed to the final when she defeated jelena janković. serena held the lifetime match record at 12-10 against venus; coming into the final. with serena winning their last 3 meetings. the first set saw serena as dominate as she lost only 4 points on serve. serena took advantage of her sister's poor service game converting two of six break points in the 3rd and 7th game to take the first set 6-2. the 2nd set featured no break point opportunities as it came down to a tie-break. in the tie-break serena got the mini-break on the first point and rallied to a 5-1 lead only to see venus cut it back to 5-4, but serena won the tie-break 7-4 and the title. this win meant that serena was the first player female to surpass the 6 million mark.
2009 wta tour championships
the second quarterfinal day of the women' side saw venus williams taking on li na first. the first set saw venus take the first four games, however li got one of the breaks back to go 2–4. venus then took the next two games to take the set 6–2. in the second set venus took command as she led 2–0. then both players traded break 4–2 venus. venus the served for the match at 5–4 but li broke back to 5–5 then it went to a tie-break which li won 7–4. venus then took the first game and then six successive breaks happened to push it to 4–3 venus. li then held serve after saving break point to go four all. at that point three successive breaks then transpired as li served it out to win the set 7–5 and the match to join compatriot zheng jie in the semifinals. the next match saw defending champion serena williams taking on victoria azarenka. in the first set serena suffered her first broken service game of the tournament as she was broken in the first game. both then held serve after cancelling break point to go 2–1 azarenka. serena then broke back to level it at 2–2. azarenka then took the next three games to take a commanding 5–2 lead breaking serena twice more. serena then fought back getting one of the break back to go 4–5 down, but azarenka was able to take the set 6–4. in the second set azarenka took a commanding 4–0 lead. azarenka appeared to be in cruise control for advancing to the semifinals, but serena muscled her way back to take five straight games, to take the lead 5–4. and then it went to a tie-break, which serena won 7–4. azarenka then held serve to 1–0 but serena then took the next five games to lead 5–1 and closed it out 6–2 to meet li in the semifinals.
2010 australian open – day-by-day summaries