Ladies' Day at U.S. Open: Serena Williams vs. Safina; Jankovic vs. Dementieva
On Friday, Sept. 5th four powerful young women will be vying for the chance to make it to the 2008 U.S. Open women's final. Two of them --- Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Elena Dementieva of Russia --- will be trying to win their first career Grand Slam title. But unfortunately only one of them will make it.
Dementieva and Jankovic will meet in the first of Friday's afternoon semifinal matches, and the winner will receive not only a berth in the U.S. Open final, but the number-one position in WTA women's singles ranking.
In the second match, which many observers feel will yield the eventual champion, Serena Williams of the U.S. faces the resurgent Russian player Dinara Safina. The sister of ATP Tour player Marat Safin, Safina has had a great tournament and year in 2008, reaching the finals of the French Open and the Beijing Olympic singles tournament.
Venus Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams on Wednesday in two sets, 7-6, 7-6.
