US Open Tennis 2015: Tuesday Night’s Bracket Predictions, Live Stream Coverage

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Published: September 8, 2015

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The prime-time matches at the U.S. Open ratchet it up a couple of notches as the tournament reaches the quarterfinals.

Not only does top-seeded Novak Djokovic continue his run in the tournament against Spain's Feliciano Lopez, sisters Serena and Venus Williams will battle each other for the right to play in the women's semifinals.

The Williams sisters have battled many times before, and while older sister Venus Williams had the best of it in the early going, Serena has clearly passed her and become the better palyer.

Venus and Serena Williams have been playing each other for a long time. http://t.co/xowonk1rvQ pic.twitter.com/49i9b0MLBG

— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) September 8, 2015 While the two sisters clearly support each other in all endeavors that don't include meeting on the tennis court, each one wants to win badly. Top-seeded Serena has had a brilliant 2015 season and a win at the U.S. Open will give her the calendar-year Grand Slam. However, 23rd-seeded Venus wants to show the tennis world that she still has fire in the furnace and is capable of winning a major tournament like the U.S. Open.



Serena holds a lifetime 15-11 advantage over her older sister, including a 6-1 record in the most recent meetings. They have met four times in the U.S. Open, with each sister winning twice, but they have not met in New York since 2008.

Career on-court earnings up until tonight's match: Serena ($73,704,399) vs Venus ($31,418,571)

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 8, 2015 “I feel Venus and I have definitely proven you can be friends and you can be sisters,’’ Serena told the New York Post's Marc Berman. “You can be enemies on the court and you can be friends and sisters off the court. I would rather lose to Venus as opposed to anyone else. [But] I don’t like to lose.’’

The pressure on Serena is mounting ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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