Serena secures semi-final spot
Fourth seed Serena Williams edged a tightly contested quarter-final clash with sister Venus 7-6 (8/6) 7-6 (9/7) to book a place in the last four of the US Open yesterday.
Serena trailed 5-3 in both sets and faced set points on both occasions but she battled back to secure a place in the semi-finals at the tournament for the first time in six years.
Sport
Newsletter
Sign up to our daily sports bulletin, delivered straight to your inbox at 5pm. Subscribers also receive an exclusive email from our sports desk editors every Friday evening looking forward to the weekend's sporting action.




