Capriati's in charge emotionally, physically in triumph over Serena.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Byline: Charles Bricker

PARIS _ Stefano Capriati was raging. He bolted up from his chair in the players box on the Philippe Chatrier stadium court and began screaming in the direction of chair umpire Pascal Maria, who had ordered a replay of a point which appeared to have given his daughter game, set and match against Serena Williams.

Jennifer Capriati turned around, smiled up and said, "Calm down, Dad. It's OK."

No one could have been more calm in the final stages of this wondrous but generally poorly played quarterfinal Tuesday than the new Jennifer Capriati, who for the first time that I can recall was completely in charge of her emotions down the stretch of a close match against Serena Williams.

No double faults. No short tosses. No crazy shots. No blown third-set leads, as there was against Justine Henin-Hardenne at last year's U.S. Open. No grimaces. No fuming or swearing on court.

Capriati stepped back up to the baseline for the replay of the point and won it.

She didn't play anywhere near as well as she can, but she was decisive about what she wanted to do, and that was the most important factor in this win, though she also got help from Williams, who looked very tight at the end.