Serena takes Open title
New York — Displaying the talent and tenacity that allowed her to dominate tennis earlier in the decade, Serena Williams outlasted Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night in a thrill-a-minute match chock full of marvelous strokes and momentum swings to win her third U.S. Open championship and ninth Grand Slam title.
Four times a single point from heading to a third set, Williams was simply relentless. She took the final four games, and 13 of the last 19 points.
Roger Federer will try for his first Grand Slam win this season — and fifth straight U.S. Open championship — today against Andy Murray, who beat No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 Sunday in the completion of a match interrupted by rain.
EMS XC teams take
5th in Manhattan
The Emporia Middle School eighth-grade boys and seventh-grade girls cross country teams both took fifth place in Manhattan this weekend.
Kayla Ayers finished second for the seventh grade girls. Devin Hutchinson finished in eighth place for the eighth-grade Viking boys.