MASON, Ohio -- The semifinals of the Western & Southern Open will feature a rerun of the mens Olympic bronze medal match between Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro. Djokovic and Del Potro advanced in straight sets on Friday to set up the rematch from London. Del Potro beat Djokovic on Wimbledons grass to win the bronze, the first of four medals for Argentina. Theyll go at it again Saturday on the hard courts in suburban Cincinnati. "He won that match," Djokovic said. "It happens. You lose, you win, but the most important thing is to try to move on and become even better and even stronger from those experiences. And try to win." Venus Williams needed another grueling match -- her third three-setter of the tournament -- to get past reigning U.S. Open champ Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4. Williams has been coping better with an immune system disorder that causes fatigue, and it has showed in her results this week. Her latest win lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes. The American raised both arms and jumped -- kicking up her heels -- after the final point. "For me and everything thats gone on in my life, its a huge achievement and I want to take it further," said Williams, who is 8-1 in three-set matches this season. While Williams deals with her condition, Del Potro has been nursing a sore left wrist that hell have examined before the U.S. Open, which he won in 2009. He beat Frances Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 6-3 on Friday. The right-hander missed most of the 2010 season while recovering from surgery on his right wrist. The doctor who performed that surgery will look at the other one following the Cincinnati tournament. "The good thing: Im not getting worse, so I can play," he said. "But anyway, I want to wait (for) what the doctor says because I have experience on my other wrist." After winning his bronze, Del Potro went to Toronto and got knocked out in the first round of the Rogers Cup. Hes still trying to get his game back to a championship level. 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WARSAW, Poland -- Italy will head into Sundays European Championship final with one significant advantage over a Spain side that has dominated world football for the last four years. It can score goals. While Spain has tried to pass its opponents to death at Euro 2012, Italy has stuck to whats almost a quaintly old-fashioned approach of making the net bulge with pinpoint headers and blistering shots. Mario Balotellis two goals against Germany in Thursdays semifinals were superb examples of both. "We had the determination to go and attack Germany right from the off," Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said. "We had the courage to play the ball in midfield. I have always been an advocate of this style of play because I am convinced that we have a lot of quality players." By contrast, Spain has found it increasingly difficult to score in open play as the tournament has progressed. Its penalty shootout victory over Portugal in the semifinals after a 0-0 draw was far from the most entertaining match of the championship to date. Its 2-0 victory over France in the quarterfinals included a penalty and its 1-0 win over Croatia in Spains final group match needed an 88th minute winner from Jesus Navas. Thats just two goals from open play in 300 minutes of football. Spain coach Vicente del Bosque is well aware of his teams predicament, due in part to opponents tendency to sit back and defend. "There are two parts to football, the offensive and defensive aspects, and were sharper on the defensive end," he said. By contrast, Italy has respected a national tradition stretching back decades of getting better as a tournament continues. Its best game by far was the Azzurris 2-1 victory over hot favourite Germany in Warsaw and the margin of victory should really have been greater. Balotelli burst into form and midfielder Andrea Pirlo continued to reproduce the outstanding form that helped Italy win the 2006 World Cup. Claudio Marchisio meanwhile missed two glaring opportunities from inside the penalty box, either of which couldd have settled Italian nerves well before the final whistle.dddddddddddd And thats the key difference between Spains victory over Portugal and Italys shootout win over England after a 0-0 draw in the quarterfinals. The world and European champions never really looked like scoring against the well-drilled Portuguese, while it was a minor miracle that Italy failed to find the net against Roy Hodgsons side. The Italians had shown their attacking intent in the third minute of that match with a swerving half-volley by Daniele De Rossi that rattled Joe Harts post from 30 metres. A succession of chances then fell to Balotelli, while Riccardo Montolivo sent a shot over the top with the England goal at his mercy, Antonio Nocerino had a goal ruled out for offside, and Alessandro Diamanti hit the bar. For Spain, it was more of the grindingly familiar game that has taken it to the verge of a third consecutive major title. And it wasnt pretty. Spains short passing game draws heavily on the style of football played at club level by Barcelona, whose players are the heart of the national teams midfield in Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas. In turn, Barcelonas footballing culture is rooted in the philosophy of its former playing great and manager Johan Cruyff, who is widely quoted as having said: "If you play on possession, you dont have to defend, because theres only one ball." While theres no arguing with the Dutchmans arithmetic, Spains current problem is that its possession is not producing anything else except more possession. Like a cat or dog chasing its tail, Spain often appears to be turning the ball round and round in circles, without getting anywhere. At Barcelona, there is the goalscoring phenomenon, Lionel Messi. Spain has Fernando Torres. Not a goalscoring phenomenon. More worrying for Spain is that Italy scored first when these two sides met for their opening game in the group stage on June 10. That time, Fabregas was able to produce a quick equalizer. Spain may not be so lucky a second time. ' ' '