Epic Triumph for Venus ; Davenport Left Devastated As Backtrouble Wrecks Her Bid for Crown in the Marathon Final

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VWILLIAMS (US) bt * DAVENPORT (US) 4-6, 7-6, 9-7

AS COMEBACKS go they do not get much better than this. Four years after Venus Williams won the Wimbledon title for the second straight summer, apparently heralding a spell of longterm domination, she returned to the Centre Court yesterday to win the longest women's final in history.

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Epic Triumph for Venus ; Davenport Left Devastated As Backtrouble Wrecks Her Bid for Crown in the Marathon Final

Her 4-6, 7-6, 9-7 victory over an injury-troubled Lindsay Davenport in two hours and 45 minutes of unrelenting drama was proof that the women's game has never been in better health.

When a forehand from Davenport landed in the net to bring a class...

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