Venus Williams ripped 36 winners but was guilty of 45 unforced errors. Her greatest lapse was while serving for the second set at 5-3, 40-0. She squandered three set points, making five successive errors that brought the set back on serve.
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Venus led 6-3 in the second tiebreaker but three errors brought it back even. A backhand volley by Serena spoiled another Venus set point at 7-6 before two more errors by Venus ended it 9-7 in Serena's favour.
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