Eighth seed Golovin beat fellow 19-year-old and sixth seed Ivanovic of Serbia 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the first of the semi-finals on the green clay.

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The top seed slipped on the green clay in the sixth game and rolled her ankle, meaning Zvonareva went through to Sunday's final where she will face Australian Samantha Stosur.

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Serena extended her career record over Venus to 14-10, and has now won 70 of her past 74 matches as she seeks to win the tournament -- played on green clay -- for the third time.

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Meanwhile, Serena Williams displayed her best form in roughly 18 months in winning at Charleston on green clay earlier this month, then led the U.S. Fed Cup team to a 5-0 sweep on red clay in Ukraine this past weekend, earning the team a berth in the World Group next year.

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Rooms are styled silver and pewter tones with moss green and red clay color accents.

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Star outside linebacker Clay Matthews of the Green Bay Packers is the son of Clay Jr and the nephew to NFL Hall of Famer Bruce.

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Indeed, some of the best linebacker pass rushers San Francisco's Aldon Smith, Denver's Von Miller and Green Bay's Clay Matthews all saw action in the playoffs this season.

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Take, for instance, Green Bay Packer draftee Clay Matthews III.

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And at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) held in Los Angeles earlier this month, Payton Hills of the Cleveland Browns, Clay Matthews of the Green Bay Packers, and Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens took the stage during an Electronic Arts media briefing to introduce the Madden 12 video game.

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