Who will win the newly retitled Butch Buchholz Championship Trophy on Saturday? Will it be Venus Williams, who alongside her sister Serena, has traditionally dominated at this tournament for over a decade. Or will Kim Clijsters back up her new US Open title with a win at the “5th Slam” on Key Biscayne?
This weekend’s final marks the twelfth career meeting between the two former world number ones. Venus holds a 6-5 win-loss record over Kim; they are split at 3-3 apiece for matches on hard court; four of their matches have been finals, with the honors split evenly 2-2.
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Looking for Kim to take the title!
Kim looks good but it go the other way if Venus ‘shows up’
The elder Williams sister will beat the elder Clijsters sister, for the simple reason that Clijsters’s semi-final was much tougher and much later in the day than Williams’s semi-final.
The day off will favour Williams, as will the extra day off that she had between her quarter-final and her semi-final.
I’m going w/Venus over Kim — home crowd puts her over the top!
Surprise: Dementieva will dominate