After saving a match point in the third set, Venus would win the match 9-7, again leaving Davenport just short of winning another major title. Injuries limited her schedule for most of 2006 and ...

In a match of crackling exchanges, the 14th-seeded Venus out-dueled the top-seeded Davenport to capture her third career Wimbledon title in a record-setting, two-hour and 45-minute thriller.

Dowling cruised past Davenport North in the quarterfinal round of the Iowa high school girls basketball state tournament.