Given Venus' quick destruction of Safina (51 minutes), and Serena's lengthy duel with Dementieva (2 hours, 49 minutes), Venus should be fresher for the final.

鉴于维纳斯快速击败萨菲娜（ 51分钟） ，Serena与杰缅季耶娃的漫长决斗（ 2小时49分钟） 。

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