Venus Williams may be old in tennis terms, but she is proving once again
that quality precedes age.
The 36-year-old beat Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6 (7-3) on
Tuesday, to become the oldest women’s semifinalist at the Australian
Open in the Open Era.
Venus succeeded in beating her younger sister
Serena’s record, who was 34 last year in reaching the last four at
Melbourne Park.
And with Serena still in contention — the 22-time grand slam winner
meets Britain’s Johanna Konta in her quarterfinal Wednesday — a first
all-Williams grand slam final since 2009 at Wimbledon is moving ever
closer.
