by Mad Professah
Venus Williams and Serena Williams will face each other for the 20th time on the WTA Tour tonight (6pm PDT, 9pm EDT) in the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson Open following the quarterfinal between Rafael Nadal and Juan Martín del Potro.
Venus leads the head-to-head between the sisters 10 to 9 but if Venus wins she will become No. 3 in the world and Serena will fall to No. 2, giving Dinara Safina the No. 1 ranking. If Serena wins she will retain her top ranking, since she has won the tournament for the last two consecutive years.
The last time they played was a few weeks ago at an exhibition in Madison Square Garden, which Serena won, but the last two tour matches they played Venus has won in 3 sets, after losing one of the best matches of 2008 in the US Open quarterfinals. Venus bageled Serena at the Tour Championships in Doha in December and won a tight 3rd set tiebreaker in Dubai in January. It's hard to predict who will win today, but I think I will give an edge to Venus. I do know that Serena does NOT like losing three times in a row to anyone, and also doesn't want to give up the No. 1 ranking. It should be a scorcher, hopefully it will be broadcast on the Tennis Channel, eventually!
PREDICTION: Venus in 3 sets.
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