Tennis: Williams sisters make tennis history

Venus and Serena Williams will be the first sisters to contest the US Open final.

Venus defeated Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-2, while Serena demolished world number one Martina Hingis 6-3 6-2.

It will be only the second Grand Slam final sister act in the history of tennis - the other was in 1884 when Maud and Lilian Wilson played at Wimbledon.

The Williams final was predicted by their father and coach Richard five years ago. He said the sisters would dominate the game and compete against each other in the Grand Slam finals.

And it tightens the Williams grip on this particular tournament which Serena won in 1999 and Venus captured last year.

On current form there could be little between the pair in tomorrow's final.

Venus could not have begun her semi-final more sluggishly, spraying unforced errors on either wing. She found herself 4-1 down before discovering the range and accuracy of her groundstrokes.

At 52 minutes, the first set had taken one minute longer than Serena had taken in the other semi.

Capriati, who has won two Grand Slams herself this year in a remarkable return to form, could not handle the extra power generated by Venus who had shrugged off a cough and a virus.

The second set was a more routine affair, Venus finally wrapping it up in the eighth game with clinical efficiency after one hour and 22 minutes.