US OPEN 2009: Williams Sisters Advance to 3rd Round

Venus Williams and Serena Williams made it into the third round on Wednesday, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Melinda Czink, respectively 6-2 6-4 and 6-1 6-1. Serena looked very sharp, making only 9 unforced errors to 25 winners (Venus had 24 unforced errors to 29 winners).

Venus plays Magdalena Rybarikova and Serena plays Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, the Spaniard who cheated against Serena in the 3rd round of the French Open earlier this year (but still lost). The two are on track to meet in the semifinal, but I think it is increasingly likely that Venus will not get past a resurgent Kim Clijsters who dispatched Marion Bartoli for the second time in about a month.