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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/aus_open.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Federer, Williams Sisters Set Up 'Old Folks' Finals in Australia' data-article-id='2168'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8667'>Professional athletes in most sports start to slow down after the age of 35.</span> <span data-start-time='8667' data-end-time='11396'>Some retire.</span> <span data-start-time='11396' data-end-time='19313'>Jamaican Olympic runner Usain Bolt has talked about retiring, for example.</span> <span data-start-time='19313' data-end-time='22333'>He is only 30 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='22333' data-end-time='30375'>But on Thursday, Serena Williams earned a spot in the Australian Open finals.</span> <span data-start-time='30375' data-end-time='39250'>She will face her older sister, Venus, who won her semifinal match a day earlier.</span> <span data-start-time='39250' data-end-time='47938'>It is the first time the Williams sisters will play in a “Grand Slam” final since 2009. </span> <span data-start-time='47938' data-end-time='51042'>Venus is 36.</span> <span data-start-time='51042' data-end-time='54042'>Serena is 35.</span> <span data-start-time='54042' data-end-time='59458'>One older champion will play in the men’s final, too.</span> <span data-start-time='59458' data-end-time='66333'>Roger Federer qualified for the final by defeating Stan Wawrinka.</span> <span data-start-time='66333' data-end-time='72104'>Federer, like Serena Williams, is 35 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='72104' data-end-time='78792'>It will be one of the sport’s oldest tournament finals in a long time.</span> <span data-start-time='78792' data-end-time='85042'>Ken Rosewall of Australia is the oldest winner of a Grand Slam.</span> <span data-start-time='85042' data-end-time='91292'>He was 37 when he won the Australian Open in 1972.</span> <span data-start-time='91292' data-end-time='97042'>Serena Williams is already the oldest winner of a women’s Grand Slam tournament.</span> <span data-start-time='97042' data-end-time='102667'>She won Wimbledon last year at the age of 34.</span> <span data-start-time='102667' data-end-time='110125'>Many people are impressed that three of the finalists are 35 or older.</span> <span data-start-time='110125' data-end-time='114167'>All of the players have recently had injuries.</span> <span data-start-time='114167' data-end-time='120896'>Federer missed six months due to back and knee injuries.</span> <span data-start-time='120896' data-end-time='128208'>He told the crowd that he did not think he would be able to make it back to a Grand Slam final.</span> <span data-start-time='128208' data-end-time='134250'>“If I can’t walk for another five months, that’s okay,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='134250' data-end-time='138708'>The Williams sisters have had difficulties, too.</span> <span data-start-time='138708' data-end-time='148292'>Earlier this month, Venus won a match in New Zealand but withdrew from the tournament after hurting her arm.</span> <span data-start-time='148292' data-end-time='156896'>She also learned in 2011 she had the immune system disorder called Sjogren’s syndrome.</span> <span data-start-time='156896' data-end-time='164125'>The disorder kept her from practicing and staying in good physical condition for a number of years.</span> <span data-start-time='164125' data-end-time='175792'>Serena took time off to recover from knee and shoulder injuries after losing in the semifinals of the U.S. Open last September.</span> <span data-start-time='175792' data-end-time='183646'>It is the ninth time the sisters will face each other in a major tournament finals.</span> <span data-start-time='183646' data-end-time='189563'>Serena has defeated her sister six of those times.</span> <span data-start-time='189563' data-end-time='199875'>If she wins, Serena will beat Steffi Graff’s record for the most Grand Slam titles ever in women’s tennis.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/a_sports_competition.m4a'><span>a sports competition</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8013 data-hint-location='39250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/what_will_the_williams_sisters_play.m4a'>What will the Williams sisters play?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a grand slam final'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/a_swimming_match.m4a'><span>a swimming match</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/with_an_injury.m4a'><span>with an injury</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/a_retirement_party.m4a'><span>a retirement party</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/a_grand_slam_final.m4a'><span>a grand slam final</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8014 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/athletes_in_most_sports_start_to__blank__after_the_age_of_35.m4a'>Athletes in most sports start to <span class='blank'>slow down</span> after the age of 35.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='slow down'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/win_games.m4a'><span>win games</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1649/get_injured.m4a'><span>get injured</span></div><div class='choice' 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