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Sony Ericsson Championships: Thursday preview


The Williams sisters will take centre stage on day three of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Championships as they go head to head in the second match on centre court.

A win for Venus would guarantee her place in the semi-finals of the $4.45 million end-of-season showcase having won her opening Maroon Group encounters against Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva.

The Williams sisters have played a whopping 17 times in their careers, with Serena ahead 9-8 after clinching their most recent meeting 7-6, 7-6 in the quarter-finals of the US Open.
Serena will go into Thursdays clash as slight favourite after an impressive first outing on day two when she crushed Safina 6-4, 6-1.

World No.1 Jelena Jankovic will open proceedings against Svetlana Kuznetsova and if, as expected, she beats the Russian she will end Ana Ivanovics interest in the event.
A victory for top seed Jankovic would guarantee her qualification from the White Group into the semi-finals along with surprise package Vera Zvonareva.

The last match on court will see Safina take on Dementieva. While world No.2 Safina is now unlikely to reach the semi-finals having lost to both Williams sisters, Dementieva will be hoping to keep her dreams of a place in the last four alive with a victory.

Thursday order of play (5pm start local time)

1. Jankovic vs. Kuznetsova
2. S.Williams vs. V.Williams
3. Safina vs. Dementieva


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