Serena Williams had four match points before finishing off a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) semifinal win with an ace against Li Na…….Williams will take on Justine Henin in the Finals Saturday…..Williams leads Henin 7-6 in career head-to-heads….. they’ve never met in a Grand Slam final…. Serena won their last match, at Miami in 2008, just before Henin retired suddenly while holding the No. 1 ranking.
Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner will hold a news conference Friday to announce whether he will retire from the game, his agent said……He led the Cardinals to an 11-7 season, including a playoff victory over Green Bay…….Warner has one year left worth about $11.5 million, on the two-year contract he signed before last season…..Warner has 32,344 career passing yards in 12 NFL seasons…..He and his wife Brenda have seven children
Tiger Woods tops the Bloomberg Business Week list of most powerful athletes….The list is based on earning potential….LeBron James of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers was second, followed by golfer Phil Mickelson, Albert Pujols from the St. Louis Cardinals, Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts, Dwyane Wade of the NBA’s Miami Heat, swimmer Michael Phelps, Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings, the Cavaliers’ Shaquille O’Neal and cyclist Lance Armstrong
