Venus and Serena Williams beat Russia's Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-2 Thursday in a women's U.S. Open doubles semifinal match. The victory made the American sister duo, the fourth seeds, U.S.

Venus and Serena Williams beat Russia's Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-2 Thursday in a women's U.S. Open doubles semifinal match. The victory made the American sister duo, the fourth seeds, U.S.

Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain advanced in the U.S. Open Sunday after his third-round opponent, Gilles Simon, pulled out with a knee injury. Ferrero, seeded No.

Elena Dementieva and Maria Sharapova will meet Sunday in an all-Russian final at the $2 million Rogers Cup in Toronto. Dementieva, 27, advanced by knocking off reigning Wimbledon, Australian Open and U.S. Open champion Serena Williams 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 in 1 hour, 41 minutes in Saturday's semifinals.

Second-seeded Venus Williams will play eighth-seeded Marion Bartoli in Sunday's final of the $700,000 Bank of the West Classic. Williams swept past third-seeded Elena Dementieva 6-0, 6-1 in Saturday's first semifinal, and Bartoli overcame a disappointing second set to defeat Samantha Stosur, 6-3, 1-6,