Myskina stuns Venus to reach French Open semi-finals
AFP, June, 2004
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PARIS (AFP) — Russian sixth seed Anastasia Myskina beat fourth-seeded American Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4 to reach the French Open semi-finals to keep alive her country's hopes of putting an end to their long wait for a champion in Paris.
Myskina will now face 2001 champion Jennifer Capriati, the seventh seed who beat 2002 winner Serena Williams, for a place in the final as she looks to become the first Russian woman ever to win the Roland Garros crown.
The defeat compounded Venus's recent misery after she came into the tournament nursing a damaged ankle that forced her to default from the final in Berlin last month.
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It also came just a few minutes after her sister had been knocked out of the tournament over on the Philippe Chatrier Court.
Myskina had lost both her previous meetings to the four-time Grand Slam title winner but ...
