Venus Williams has being on fire since the start of the week, winning all of her round robin matches, and in the semifinals, she ousted the top seed Jelena Jankovic in three sets, 62 26 63.
"What got me through the match was just being consistent at the right times," Williams said. "My game is about being aggressive and taking chances, but what I really needed to do today was put a lot more balls in play and be a little smarter. I played a little more defensively that I usually do, but it was worth it."
"I've always had tough matches against Elena; she's a great fighter, so I knew I had to fight until the last point," Zvonareva said. "I've been playing against Top 10 players every day here. In every match I've had to play my best from start to finish. It's a great achievement for me to win all of my matches so far."
"I've been in a bunch of pressure situations, so it won't faze me," said Williams, who lost her first career meeting with Zvonareva but has won their five matches since, all in straight sets. "I'll just focus on what I'm doing when I play Vera. That's all I can do. We've played a number of times and I guess I have a little bit of an advantage. Hopefully that will help me in the final tomorrow."
"It's very exciting just to be here at the Championships, and now to play on the last day it's even more special," Zvonareva said. "I didn't have any expectations. I felt confident about my game coming here, but I didn't know what was going to happen. I'm really happy with the way things have turned out so far. It's not every day you can play in the finals of the Championships; no matter what, I'm going to give 100% and we'll see what happens."
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Singles - Semifinal
(8) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (5) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 76(7) 36 63
(7) Venus Williams (USA) d. (1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 62 26 63
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