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US Open

Women’s singles final today

From Tawfiq Aziz Khan
NEW YORK . Sept 6: The stage is set for the battle of the teens at the Arthur Ashe Stadium tomorrow in the final of the women’s singles championships of US Open tennis 1997.
The beads rattling, quickmoving and hard-hitting Venus Williams overcame the wily Romanian Irina Spirlea in a marathon three-setter that lasted 2 hours 42 minutes and outlasted the 11th seed who lost two match-points in the final set 7-6. 4-6. 7-6 (9-7) to make room for the unseeded 17-year-old American for the final where the world number 1, 16-year-old Martina Hingis awaited her.
It was remarkable for Hingis to have reached all four Grand Slam finals the same year at such a tender age. And so far she had won two of them the Australian and the Wimbledon, losing the French to Iva Majoli. Hingis still remained the youngest player to have reached all the Grand Slam finals the same year and youngest champion this century.
Friday's semifinal against Davenpprt turned out to be a serious practice match. Both player breaking each others serves at will, making powerful ground strokes and appreciating each others game. Smiling all the time the little 'genius' from Switzerland, who will turn 17 this September, expelled the bulky Davenport 6-2. 6-4 in just 71 minutes, to spare herself some extra hours of rest before Sunday's final.
Hingis was now 65-2 in 1997 and had a winning record against every player she had Clayed except Steffi Graf who ad been out of action since February this year. Even if Hingis won tomorrow she wouldn't touch the record of American Tracy Austin who won the title at 16 In 1979.
Williams, whose lockerroom behaviour had come for criticism from other players, her aloofness described as cold shouldering, reached her first Grand Slam final through sheer grit and determination. She was not afraid of anybody and none was her role-model. She wanted to play her own game as she liked to play. Against a vastly experienced Splrlea, 6 years older than her. Williams
ran about the court to play each and every ball which reminded many of us at the stands the Nike slogan "Just do it."
Since Darlene Hard in 1958, Williams was the first unseeded player to reach the US Open final. She was also the first black woman to reach the final since Alther Gibson successfully defended her 1957 Open title by defeating Hard for the 1958 championship.
Williams said she liked to become the first unseeded champion since the seeding procedure was introduced 70 years ago.
"I have learned a lot of things in this Open. Teamed to put more winners in play, not go for winners so prematurely," she said. "Things are different. I’m going to be ready."
Yes. Venus is ready for the orbit.