Venus provides succinct scouting report on Serena

NEW YORK - Venus Williams didn't mince words in assessing the game shape of her sister and warmup partner on Monday.

"Serena's got power, depth. She knows how to play," Venus said. "Yeah, she's got an awesome game."

The Williams sisters were the headliners on Monday night in the Tie Break Tens tournament in Madison Square Garden, an eight-woman event in which all matches were 10-point tiebreakers, instead of the usual games and sets.