Venus carries all host hopes into US Open semis (AFP)

September 8th, 2010

Venus Williams celebrates after she won match point against Francesca Schiavone of Italy during day nine of the 2010 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in New York. Williams won 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 and she now is the last American singles player remaining in the tournament.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Mcgrath)AFP - As the last American singles player in the US Open, Venus Williams carries all the hopes of the host nation, although she does not want to look at it that way.




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