Venus lifts Wimbledon title
AFP, London
Venus Williams won her third Wimbledon title on Saturday when Lindsay Davenport saw her championship dream sabotaged by a crippling back injury just when she sensed victory in the longest women's final in history. Williams won 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 9-7 but the heartbroken 29-year-old Davenport was left cursing her fate after a rollercoaster of a final. The world number one had served for the match at 6-5 in the second set, and then needed treatment off court for the lower back injury just when she had broken to lead 4-2 in the decider. Williams then saved a match point in the 10th game of the final set before she surged to a dramatic win after 2hr 45min on court. The 25-year-old, whose career had tailspinned into a slump since she last made a Grand Slam final here in 2003, also became the lowest seeded player, at 14, to be crowned Wimbledon women's champion.
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