Clijsters comes back to defeat Venus and reach final

Clijsters comes back to defeat Venus and reach final

"It obviously means a lot to be in the final and to give myself a chance to defend my title from last year. It's a great opportunity," Clijsters said. "But obviously beating Venus here last year and this year, it's a good feeling. I think today was probably one of the best matches that I've played throughout the tournament."

"I was able to raise my level, and that's probably what I'm most pleased about, is obviously that I was able to win a close match like this, but that I was able to kind of rise to the occasion when I had to," Clijsters said.

"I think I played a lot of big points, but I think obviously in the tiebreak I wasn't able to play as well as I wanted. I had too many errors, and she played some good tennis," Williams said. "Obviously extremely disappointing not to be able to win this match today. I feel like the last few times I've played her I haven't been at my top, I haven't been very healthy. So knowing that I can still obviously almost win, you know, I'm just looking forward to the last time, where I can be a lot closer to 100 percent and play even better."

"I mean, it's instinct when you decide to do that, and it worked," Clijsters said of the great lob. "I mean, it worked. It was an important point, and I'm happy to get through."

"She's a very tough opponent," Clijsters said of Zvonareva. "Obviously, I've lost my last two matches against her that we've played against each other, so it's gonna be a tough battle. She's a player who doesn't give you much. She's always there, hangs in there. It's not that she has a game that's very unpredictable, but what she does she does extremely well."