Venus rallies to beat Serena
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) - Venus Williams fought back to beat her sister Serena 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, 6-3 and reach the Rogers Cup final.
The 34-year-old Venus snapped a five-match losing streak against the 32-year- old Serena, posting her first win in the head-to-head series since 2009 in Dubai. The younger sibling still owns a 14-11 edge overall.
The world No. 1 Serena, the defending champion, had won 14 straight Rogers Cup matches after victories at the 2011 and 2013 tournaments in Toronto. She missed the 2012 event.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Serena swatted a whopping 19 aces, but committed nine double faults and had her serve broken four times.
Venus broke to begin the match, but a backhand error gave the tiebreak to Serena. Venus earned two breaks in the second set and broke again to go up 4-2 in the third set when Serena netted a backhand.
Serena sent a return into the net, giving Venus the win on her second match point.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Venus advanced to her third final of the year. She captured her 45th career title at Dubai in February and was the runner-up at the season-opening event at Auckland.
In Sunday's final at this hardcourt tournament, Venus will face the winner of the other semifinal between third-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska and Russian Ekaterina Makarova.