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Friday / March 29.
  • Injured Serena Williams Stunned in US Open Semifinals

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    NEW YORK — History repeated itself for Serena Williams, and not in a good way.

    For the second straight year, Williams was stunned in the U.S. Open semifinals 6-2, 7-6 (5) by a seemingly lesser opponent, this time hampered by a knee injury as she double-faulted on match point against No. 10 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday.

    Pliskova takes an 11-match winning streak into Saturday’s final against new world No. 1 Angelique Kerber of Germany, who dispatched unseeded Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4, 6-3 in the second semifinal. Included in that winning streak was a straight-set victory over Kerber last month in the Cincinnati final.

    “I’m really happy to be there and even have the chance to play in the final here,” said Pliskova, who took out Venus and Serena Williams en route to her first Grand Slam final. “It doesn’t happen often that you’re playing especially semifinal against Serena on center court here in New York. It doesn’t happen often that you’re in the final of Grand Slams.”

    Kerber, who owns a 4-3 career record against Pliskova, has a chance to win her second Grand Slam of the year, having beaten Serena in the Australian Open final before falling to Williams in the Wimbledon final.

    “I will try to take the revenge against (Pliskova) again,” Kerber said. “She has a big serve. She had a great four weeks in a row…I will go out here to enjoy my first final here and try to win the match, of course.”

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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