Veteran Venus Williams has ended CoCo Vandeweghe's giantkilling run to become the oldest Australian Open women's finalist in professional tennis history. Chasing her elusive first Open crown and eighth career major, Williams will face her sister - six-time champion Serena - or Croatian surprise packet Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in Saturday night's final. A throwback all-Williams grand slam final would be the siblings' ninth - but first since Serena beat Venus in 2009 at Wimbledon. It was the first set Williams had dropped all tournament - and she was quick to hit back. At 36 years and 226 days, she becomes the oldest woman in the 49-year open era to reach the final.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 26, 2017 05:58 UTC