Tennis: Davenport falters at Grand Slam Cup

MUNICH, Germany - Lindsay Davenport of Newport Beach had a shot at

redemption at U.S. Open champion Serena Williams Friday at the Grand Slam

Cup, but could not make the most of it.

After losing to Williams in the semis at Flushing Meadows, Davenport fell

again to the youngest of the Williams’ sisters, 6-3, 6-4, in the

semifinals.

With elder sister Venus Williams’ 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 9-7, win over Martina

Hingis, that means that Serena and Venus will meet in the finals,

assuring the family bank account a $1.3 millionincrease, with $800,000

going to the winner.

The last time the Williams sisters met in the finals of a WTA Tour final

was in March of this year when Venus defeated Serena, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.