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Venus done after Open loss, but not done for good

Venus done after Open loss, but not done for good

She came to New York rusty, injured and, by tennis standards, aging. She'll leave after another nice run at a Grand Slam title, though nice runs are not ever what Venus Williams has played for. Williams fell 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 to Kim Clijsters in the semifinals of the U.S. Open on Friday, ending a chance to win her first major championship in more than two years and her first title at Flushing Meadows since 2001.

 

Clijsters, Venus win to set up marquee semifinal

Clijsters, Venus win to set up marquee semifinal

Nobody can say Kim Clijsters took an easy path to her U.S. Open title last year. She played both Williams sisters.

 

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