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VENUS WILLIAMS reduced her U.S. Open quarterfinal against
Monica Seles to something akin to an instructional video.The
two-time defending champion simply had too much in every
department and beat fellow American Seles 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday
to join younger sister Serena in the semifinals, putting each
one victory away from a third consecutive all-Williams Grand
Slam title match.Venus next plays 10th-seeded Amelie Mauresmo
of France. Mauresmo came back to beat Jennifer Capriati of the
United States 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3.The other women’s semifinal
will feature top-seeded Serena against fellow American Lindsay
Davenport.Defending men’s champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia
and two-time Open winner Andre Agassi of the United States set
up a semifinal showdown with victories Wednesday.Hewitt beat
No. 20 Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco 6-1, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-2,
while Agassi fought back to defeat No. 32 Max Mirnyi of
Belarus 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 at night to get to the Open
semis for the eighth time.At 32, Agassi is trying to become
the oldest Open champion since 35-year-old Australian Ken
Rosewall in 1970.(SD-Agencies)
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