It's on y'all.
So aside from the people of China nobody in the world looked at yesterdays semifinals as much more than a formality. Sure Serena had to gut out a 76 76 win over Na Li but the 61 60 beating Justine Henin gave Zheng Jie was almost expected - well I thought Jie might win 2 or 3 more games.
When Justine walked away from the game 20 months ago she robbed the tennis community of the best women's rivalry on the tour: vs Serena. And in just her 2nd tournament back from retirement it's back on.
Serena leads the H2H 7-6 which includes the last time they played in Miami '08. In Grand Slam play Justine is 4-2 which includes the last three - all quarterfinals in '07 at the French, Wimbledon and US Open. On hard courts Serena leads 4-1.
Serena has been to 4 Australian Open finals and has never lost.
Interesting to note that for two of the best players of the last decade or so they have never met in the finals of a Slam. They have met 4 times in finals on the tour which they split 2-2.
This one is just way toooooo close to call.
Photos: AP/Reuters
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