Serena Williams routs Venus

Serena Williams routed Venus Williams 6-1, 6-2 at the Family Circle Cup on Saturday in Charleston, S.C., the most one-sided match in the sisters’ long rivalry. Serena Williams won her 14th consecutive match at the Family Circle. She will play for her second consecutive tournament title today against Jelena Jankovic. This was the first time since 2009 that the Williams sisters were playing each other in a tournament. Serena has won five in a row in their series and leads 14-10. Serena said it was encouraging to see her sister reach the semifinals of the WTA tournament after her struggles of the past 18 months dealing with the autoimmune disease Sjogren’s syndrome. “We’ve definitely been through a lot since our last match. But yeah, we all come together at the end and we just try to love each other like we always do,” said top-ranked Serena, who surged to a 4-0 lead and won the first set in 22 minutes. Venus Williams, who withdrew from her previous event because of back problems, picked up her game in the second set but it was hardly enough. Serena Williams’ victory surpassed her 6-2, 6-2 win over Venus at Miami in 2002.

The United States trails Serbia 2-1 in a Davis Cup quarterfinal after the top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan lost to Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija

Bozoljac 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 5-7, 4-6, 15-13 in a match that last 4 hours, 23 minutes, in Boise, Idaho. The Bryans, who have a 20-4 Davis Cup doubles record together, have only played two five-set matches in Davis Cup competition and both took place this year. They were upset by Marcelo Melo and Bruno

Soares of Brazil in the Davis Cup first round in February and by the Serbians in Boise.