It’s the first time since 1974 that the Grand Slam tournament’s women’s championship match was not played on a Saturday.
Williams-Jankovic originally was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, but organizers announced they were shifting it about 3½ hours before that as Tropical Storm Hanna hit the New York area.
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