american tennis players report

The WTA should be proud. The top four seeds all made it to the semi finals. Three of the matches went pretty much as expected.

Elena Dementieva made short work of outer court exile Francesca Sciavone winning in two sets 6-2 and 6-2.

Venus Williams continued her dominant on court play dispatching Aggie Radwanska in straights as well 6-1 and 6-2 overcoming a second set hiccup to move into the semi's.

In a very highly anticipated rematch Serena Williams came out with all guns blazing and blew Victoria Azarenka off the court before she could figure out what hit her. Victoria regrouped somewhat in the second set managing to break Serena but regaining her focus Serena pushed the threat aside and went on to win 6-2, 6-3.

While I'm sure the WTA is happy it's top ranked player made it to the semi's of the years third Grand Slam no one who vaguely understands tennis could be happy with the match that was played today. The comment posted earlier today on Twitter by Craig says it all. It was a horrid match and one that John McEnroe rightly snarked on during Serena's match.