Venus Williams On Her Return To The Australian Open Quarterfinals
Venus Williams discusses her win over Mona Barthel in her post-match press conference at the Australian Open.
Venus Williams discusses her win over Mona Barthel in her post-match press conference at the Australian Open.
Johanna Konta discusses her performance against Ekaterina Makarova in her post-match press conference at the Australian Open.
Venus Williams discusses her upcoming match against CoCo Vandeweghe in a press conference at the Australian Open.
Check out all the best photos from the Australian Open final between Venus Williams and Serena Williams, where Serena took home a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Julia Goerges powered through to the ASB Classic final on Friday, but the second semifinal – pitting Caroline Wozniacki against Sloane Stephens – was stopped due to rain.
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The first semifinal wrapped up before the skies opened, though Goerges did serve up a storm against Tamira Paszek – the German lost just six points in her first seven service games, eventually dropping serve mid-way through the second set but regrouping to close out the Austrian qualifier, 6-4, 6-2.
With the win, Goerges moves through to a WTA final for the first time in almost four years – her last WTA final came at Dubai in 2012 (falling to Agnieszka Radwanska). She’s 2-3 lifetime in WTA finals.
“I must say it feels very good to be in a final again after such a long time,” Goerges said. “But overall it was a very, very good match from my side – played very aggressively, served decently in the first set. Second set wasn’t a good first serve percentage, but it was a very, very good match from me.”
The former World No.15 will have to wait until Saturday morning to find out her opponent in the final, though, as the second semifinal – pitting No.3 seed Wozniacki against No.5 seed Stephens – was cancelled for the day due to rain. Stephens had opened up a 5-2 lead when the rain started to fall.
Here’s a taste of what Stephens was bringing to the table, courtesy of the WTA Twitter account:
Passingggg Shot! #WTA pic.twitter.com/QNEXyIkTC2
— WTA (@WTA) January 8, 2016
Sloane in the zone! @SloaneStephens hitting all the shots right now. #WTA pic.twitter.com/G1YfcgwEWy
— WTA (@WTA) January 8, 2016
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Angelique Kerber takes on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International.
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