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.