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Serena, the 1999 Open winner, beat Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-5 after Venus, who won the tournament the last two years, beat Amelie Mauresmo 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. However, on Saturday night, finally, one Williams will lose. ``Venus is playing well and I'm playing all right,'' Serena said with a wide smile before admitting the obvious. ``I'm playing well, too.'' Very well, indeed. Down 2-5 in the second set, top-seeded Serena won her last five games against Davenport and took nine of the last 10 points. Serena had 13 aces to just three for Davenport, the 1998 Open champion. ``I don't feel I'm out here to break up a Williams final,'' Davenport said. ``I'm here to see if I can get to the finals.'' The fourth-seeded Davenport, coming back from knee surgery in January, had three set points in the 10th game, but Serena held on to her serve. Then Serena broke Davenport's serve at love and took a 40-0 lead in the deciding game. But she followed it with just her second double fault. Her final serve was a powerful one. Davenport did return it, but Serena smacked the ball back to the far corner of the court to Davenport's right. Game, set, another all-Williams final. Serena beat Venus in the championship matches at the French Open and Wimbledon this year. Venus doesn't understand why their monopoly is considered by some to be bad for tennis. ``When you win, there's a problem. When you lose too, there's a problem,'' Venus said with a smile. ``So what do you want me to do?'' Serena missed the Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam, with an ankle injury. ``After I twisted my ankle in Australia, I just changed things,'' said Serena, whose reaction to her win was much more exuberant than Venus. ``I was more focused. I just decided I wanted to be the best at what I do.'' Venus shook off a blister and spotty play to outlast Mauresmo. The harder-serving Venus had only three aces, the same as Mauresmo. And she had 10 double faults to four for the 10th-seeded Frenchwoman.
Bhupathi-Mirnyi pair triumphs
India's Mahesh Bhupathi teamed up with Max Mirnyi of Belarus to win the U.S. Open men's doubles title on Friday. The third-seeded pair of Bhupathi and Mirnyi defeated the Czech pair of Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Earlier, the second-seeded Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan of the United States defeated top-seeded Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Bob Bryan of the U.S. 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (7-1) to win the mixed doubles title.
Sania-Isha duo loses
The sixth-seeded Sania Mirza and Isha Lakhani lost 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (1-7), 0-6 to Ivanna Israilova of Uzbekistan and Eugenia Linetskaya of Russia in the quarterfinals of the girls' doubles in the U.S. Open. Sania will join Ankita Bhambri and Kartiki Bhat for the Junior Fed Cup World Group competition to be played in France next week. The results (prefix denotes seedings): Men: Doubles (final): 3-Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind)/Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt 11-Jiri Novak/Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Women: Singles (semifinals): 2-Venus Williams (U.S.) bt 10-Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) bt 4-Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) 6-3, 7-5. Doubles: 6-Elena Dementieva (Rus)/Janette Husarova (Svk) bt 3-Cara Black (Zim)/Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 7-5, 6-1. Mixed doubles (final): 2-Lisa Raymond/Mike Bryan (U.S.) bt 1-Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)/Bob Bryan (U.S.) 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (7-1).
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