NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Kim Clijsters has increased her U.S. Open winning streak to 19 matches by beating Sam Stosur 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
The No. 2-seeded Clijsters will face No. 3 Venus Williams in the semifinals, a matchup between two women who both have won two titles at Flushing Meadows.
Clijsters and the fifth-seeded Stosur, the runner-up at this year’s French Open, had trouble serving in windy conditions Tuesday night. There were a total of 18 service breaks, including a stretch in which there were nine in a span of 10 games.
But Clijsters managed to hold in each of her last two service games.
The Belgian won the U.S. Open the last two times she entered, in 2005 and — after taking off 212 years to get married and have a baby — in 2009.
