(Ball) Boys II Men
Damian and I were fortunate enough to see Venus Williams and Johanna Konta's third-round matches on Friday at Wimbledon, and had a feeling they were both headed deep into the draw.
Today's semifinal showdown mostly lived up to the hype -- and it was a rare occasion that I would be happy with either player winning, although I was rooting a bit harder for Venus. But despite the excitement of it all -- Venus was hitting the ball VERY hard -- for some reason we were having a hard time focusing on the match.
In the end, Venus came out on top. She now faces a resurgent Garbine Muguruza, who now has the distinction of being the only women to play both Williams sisters in a Wimbledon final. Again, I'll be OK with either outcome. But being reminded that Venus has been in 15 previous Grand Slam finals and has only lost to one other person (Martina Hingis, in her first) besides Serena (to whom she's lost seven), it really makes me want her to win her eighth, which would be an unbelievable 17-year gap between her first and most recent!
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