NEW YORK – Figure this one out if you dare, if you think you’re smart or have an oracle’s grasp on the mysteries of the human heart. Late Tuesday night, one of the great competitive wills of our time cracked a sweet, spinning 107-mph ace, heard the chair umpire say the golden words, “Game, set and match, Serena Williams,” and looked as if she might weep. We don’t mean tears of joy. There she was, now two steps from history. Two more wins from tying up a lifetime of family striving into this rare and unassailably perfect box known as the calendar Grand Slam.
Serena's difficult win over Venus revealed her need for the Grand Slam
