Friday cover: Just Williams as Serena and Venus meet in Australian Open final

Serena and Venus Williams share The National Sport front page on Friday, January 27 as the sisters prepare to face each other in the Australian Open final.

In the first semi-final, Venus dispatched fellow American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3 to reach her first grand slam final since Wimbledon in 2009 and her first in Australia since 2003 when she lost the only previous all-Williams final at Melbourne Park.

Serena then overwhelmed Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2, 6-1 in just 50 minutes to put her won win away from a record 23rd grand slam title.

The final will take place on Saturday, starting at 12.30pm UAE time.

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Day 2, Dubai Test: At a glance

Moment of the day Pakistan’s effort in the field had hints of shambles about it. The wheels were officially off when Wahab Riaz lost his run up and aborted the delivery four times in a row. He re-measured his run, jogged in for two practice goes. Then, when he was finally ready to go, he bailed out again. It was a total cringefest.

Stat of the day – 139.5 Yasir Shah has bowled 139.5 overs in three innings so far in this Test series. Judged by his returns, the workload has not withered him. He has 14 wickets so far, and became history’s first spinner to take five-wickets in an innings in five consecutive Tests. Not bad for someone whose fitness was in question before the series.

The verdict Stranger things have happened, but it is going to take something extraordinary for Pakistan to keep their undefeated record in Test series in the UAE in tact from this position. At least Shan Masood and Sami Aslam have made a positive start to the salvage effort.