Venus Williams makes history at Australian Open

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.

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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.

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