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Defending champion Serena Williams has defeated unseeded Petra Kvitova in straight sets to reach her third straight Wimbledon final and sixth overall.

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Kim Clijsters made history Sunday night, capping a comeback from two years out of tennis to become the first unseeded woman to win the Open – and the first mother to win a major since 1980 – with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Kim Clijsters made history Sunday night, capping a comeback from two years out of tennis to become the first unseeded woman to win the U.S. Open — and the first mother to win a major since 1980 — with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

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Defending champion Serena Williams has defeated unseeded Petra Kvitova in straight sets to reach her third straight Wimbledon final and sixth overall.

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Kim Clijsters made history Sunday night, capping a comeback from two years out of tennis to become the first unseeded woman to win the Open – and the first mother to win a major since 1980 – with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Kim Clijsters made history Sunday night, capping a comeback from two years out of tennis to become the first unseeded woman to win the U.S. Open — and the first mother to win a major since 1980 — with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

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