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Serena closes door on Kuznetsova

By Sandra Harwitt
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The anticipated record heat wave finally descended over Melbourne, blanketing the city, with only the rarest tease of a breeze as the Serena Williams-Svetlana Kuznetsova quarterfinal match went off under oppressive midday conditions on Wednesday. The air was still and stifling. And the personality of the match was initially flat and functional, void of any player emotion. Three female fans sitting together in the stands said it best with notes pinned to the wide brims ...

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