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Venus Williams to meet Vandeweghe in Australian semifinals (Yahoo Sports)

Posted: January 23, 2017 at 9:24 pm   /   by   /   comments (0)

United States' Venus Williams celebrates after defeating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during their quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Venus Williams has reached her 21st Grand Slam semifinal, her first at the Australian Open in 14 years. CoCo Vandeweghe advanced to her first major semifinal, anywhere, beating Grand Slam winners in back-to-back rounds. The 36-year-old Williams beat No. 24-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday, becoming the oldest player to reach the Australian Open women’s semifinals in the Open era.



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