Venus Williams wins Billie Jean King Cup

Denise4925

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Venus Williams wins Billie Jean King Cup
Published on Wednesday, March 03, 2010


NEW YORK - Serena Williams' injured leg kept her from a chance to avenge her U.S. Open loss to Kim Clijsters. So sister Venus took care of the job.

Venus Williams defeated Kim Clijsters 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden to win the Billie Jean King Cup in the BNP Paribas Showdown, a match she lost a year ago to Serena.

Venus said she missed having her younger sister around for the match but didn't talk with her about the possibility of facing Clijsters.

Serena Williams withdrew a week ago because of her leg, ending what would have been the first meeting between her and Clijsters since the U.S. Open semifinals in September. Serena unleashed a tirade against a line judge after she was called for a foot fault near the end of the match, and Clijsters went on to win the championship.

Before the final, the International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees Gigi Fernandez, Owen Davidson and Brad Parks were introduced on court. They are part of the 2010 class announced Monday that includes doubles specialists Todd Woodbridge, Mark Woodforde and Natasha Zvereva.
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WOOHOO Way to go, Vee. :) It was a good match. I thought for sure Kim had her in the third set, but Vee came back.
 

Nuke

Hall of Fame
I didn't watch the match, but the scores looked pretty typical for an exhibition. Venus wins the first set, then apparently took her foot off the gas to lose the second set and set us up for the exciting and obligatory third set. I don't doubt that both women were really competing, but why do these exhibitions almost always go to a close third set?
 

Denise4925

Rookie
I didn't watch the match, but the scores looked pretty typical for an exhibition. Venus wins the first set, then apparently took her foot off the gas to lose the second set and set us up for the exciting and obligatory third set. I don't doubt that both women were really competing, but why do these exhibitions almost always go to a close third set?

LOL, basically.
 

DRII

G.O.A.T.
is there video of it anywhere? will it be re-aired. Which channel had the original coverage?
 
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