Serena Williams of the U.S. returns a shot to Flavia Pennetta of Italy in quarter-final women's singles play at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top-seeded Serena Williams will twin revenge with ambition when she faces Russia's Ekaterina Makarova on Friday with a berth in the U.S. Open final at stake.
Williams is bidding for her third consecutive U.S. Open title and 18th career grand slam victory. But having lost to the left-handed Russian at the 2012 Australian Open, she knows not to take anything for granted.
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