2010 U.S. Open, Women's Semifinals: Kim Clijsters Knocks Off Venus Williams; No Americans Remaining

No Americans are left standing in the field for the 2010 U.S. Open, but on the women's side, at least, there's still a sentimental favorite alive: No. 2 Kim Clijsters battled back from a one-set deficit to win a second-set tiebreaker and went on to defeat Venus Williams, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4. The 2009 champ, one of the great comeback stories in sport, will be a clear audience favorite when she faces No. 7 Vera Zvonareva for the title Saturday.

Court conditions continued to be a factor in play today; a turn serving from the north end of the court was seemingly a surefire ticket to multiple double faults. Venus was visibly demoralized after losing the second-set tiebreaker thanks to a series of errors, and simply stood still as Clijsters landed her match point knockout.

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