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Wimbledon: Venus Vs. Serena Williams Through The Years by Brytawon(m): 11:25pm On Jul 04, 2015
LONDON – When Venus and Serena Williams
clash Monday at Wimbledon it will be their
26th career meeting overall and sixth at the
All England Club. Not since 2005 at the US
Open have they met as early as the fourth
round at a Grand Slam and it's their first
meeting in London since Serena beat Venus
in the 2009 final – marking the longest span
between Wimbledon battles.

It will mark the first time the Williams sisters
do battle outside the final here since 2000,
when Venus won their first encounter in the
semifinals.

Here, a rundown of their five Wimbledon
battles and how they unfolded.

2000 semifinals: Venus def. Serena, 6-2,
7-6(3)

"They were both miserable." That's how
Chris Evert described the scene on NBC
after Venus' win, their first of any true
significance at a Grand Slam. Venus was
still searching for her first major (she'd get it
two days later against Lindsay Davenport),
and Serena was still finding a middle ground
for her powerful game.


2002 final: Serena def. Venus, 7-6(4), 6-3

It was their second consecutive meeting in a
Grand Slam final and third in four majors, as
well as the second leg of Serena's famous
"Serena Slam," a span in which she beat
Venus in four consecutive major finals
between 2002 and 2003. It marked the third
consecutive year a Williams sister had held
up the winner's Venus Rosewater Dish, only
this was a first for Serena.

2003 final: Serena def. Venus, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Another year, another Williams sisters final,
the fifth in six Slams played. Serena arrived
at Wimbledon having lost to Justine Henin in
a dramatic (and now infamous) French Open
semifinal, but won through seven matches
once again, the final against Venus, who
played with injuries to her abdomen, hip and
leg. It's one of just 10 out of their 25
meetings that has gone three sets.

2008 final: Venus def. Serena 7-5, 6-4

Venus had proved her Grand Slam staying
power at Wimbledon the year prior with her
first major win in two years (beating Marion
Bartoli), but this was perhaps her best and
biggest win over little sister, capturing a fifth
Wimbledon title and – to date – her most
recent Slam. "She's going to have to learn
how to suck things up," said
Oracene Price, the Williams' mother, of
Serena. "Say, 'OK, I'm not going to win
everything.'"

2009 final: Serena def. Venus 7-6(3), 6-2

It turned out Serena didn't like not winning
everything, however. After that 2008
Wimbledon final loss, Serena fell to Venus
just twice in eight matches, this final among
five matches played between the sisters in
2009, the most of any year. Venus, once
again, was heavily taped. Serena fell to her
knees at the baseline to celebrate, and she's
won twice more at Wimbledon since: in 2010
and in 2012.

source: www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/wimb/2015/07/04/serena-venus-williams-wimbledon/29695419/
Re: Wimbledon: Venus Vs. Serena Williams Through The Years by Brytawon(m): 11:28pm On Jul 04, 2015
1. Venus, right, consoles her defeated sister, Serena, after their match in 2000 semifinals.
2. Venus, left, with the championship trophy and Serena with the runner-up trophy in 2008.

Re: Wimbledon: Venus Vs. Serena Williams Through The Years by swanky132(m): 11:29pm On Jul 04, 2015
these ladies are d best esp Serena

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