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Wednesday 14 March 2018

‘OVI-TIME’

Roger Federer serves to Filip Alex Ovechkin joins NHL’s
Krajinovic during the third
round of the BNP Paribas
Open tennis tournament at the exclusive 600-goal club
Indian Wells Tennis Garden in
Indian Wells, Calif., Monday,
March 12, 2018.
Associated Press
Oh, sister:

Venus beats

Serena 6-3,

6-4 at

Indian Wells

By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)
— One sister is rusty, just be-
ginning a comeback after
having a baby. The other is
rejuvenated at 37, back in
the world’s top 10.
An unwanted rivalry with
roots going back 20 years
had its latest chapter Mon-
day night at the BNP Pari-
bas Open, with Venus Wil-
liams beating sister Serena
6-3, 6-4 in the third round
for her first win over her
younger sibling since 2014.
It was their earliest meet-
ing since a 17-year-old Ve-
nus beat 16-year-old Ser-
ena in the second round of
the 1998 Australian Open.
They played Monday night Washington Capitals left wing
for the first time since last Alex Ovechkin celebrates his
year’s Australian Open fi-
nal, when a pregnant Ser- goal in the second period of an
ena won her 23rd Grand NHL hockey game against the
Slam title. Winnipeg Jets, Monday, March
“That’s going to be a huge 12, 2018, in Washington. It was
story, maybe the story of
the year,” men’s No. 1 Ovechkin’s 600th career goal.
Roger Federer said of Ser- Associated Press
ena’s comeback. Page 20

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