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Two-time defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open because of a foot injury.

Venus and Serena Williams won their fourth Australian Open women’s doubles title, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3.

Serena Williams advanced to her fifth Australian Open final after beating China’s Li Na 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1), her 50th match win at Melbourne Park.

While top-seeded and three-time champion Roger Federer played Albert Montanes in a Rod Laver Arena crammed with 15,000 fans, top-ranked and Australian Open defending champion Serena Williams took on Carla Suarez Navarro at the neighboring show arena with a retractable roof that seats 10,000.

The Williams sisters held court at the Australian Open on Thursday, a back-to-back Venus-Serena doubleheader that left the siblings still in the mix for yet another Grand Slam singles title....

Serena Williams got no argument from Dinara Safina as she rolled to her fourth Australian Open singles title and 10th Grand Slam singles title by the score of 6-0, 6-3.

The Australian Open women’s final will be a match between Serena Williams and Dinara Safina for the trophy and the No. 1 ranking in the world.