Venus Williams beats Roberta Vinci to reach Wuhan Open final
American veteran Venus Williams won a thrilling semi-final 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) against Italian Roberta Vinci to reach the Wuhan Open final on Friday.
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Wuhan: American veteran Venus Williams won a thrilling semi-final 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) against Italian Roberta Vinci to reach the Wuhan Open final on Friday.
On Friday, big sister got some family revenge, but it wasn't easy by any means - after letting a 3-0 lead go en route to dropping the first set 5-7, Williams went right to the grind, finding the range on her big serve and ground strokes more and more to take the second set 6-2, and go up 5-2 in the third.
Vinci wasn't done. She came alive again, winning the next four games in a row to go up 6-5 and have a chance to serve for the match. She even got to match point in that 6-5 game, going up 40-30.
But the No. 15-seeded Italian missed her trademark backhand slice into the net to miss that match point and Williams pounced, ripping a pair of huge ground strokes in the next two points to break back.
Williams ripped a huge swing forehand volley to go up 6-4 in the tie-break, her own first match point, and Vinci missed a forehand wide to give the former World No.1 a tense victory.
"Oh wow, I'm so excited to play the final!" Williams said in her on-court interview after the match.
"That was my dream when I came to this tournament, to play the final and have a chance for the title here in Wuhan. Roberta played so well today - she had match point - so it was lucky for me to win this match."
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