Williams Sisters Rule Wimbledon!

Williams Sisters Win Wimbledon Doubles Title

Wow! The Williams Sisters have just won their 3rd Wimbledon Doubles title defeating L. Raymond and S. Stosur 6-2, 6-2. It has truly been a wonderful Williams-Weekend at Wimbledon. Congratulations to Venus and Serena!

Wimbledon: Williams Sisters (photo)

Wimbledon Runner-Up photos

Venus defeats Serena for 5th Wimbledon Title

Serena lost the Wimbledon Final to a fiercely competitive and "on-point" Venus Williams, 7-6, 6-4. Serena's second serve percentage was extremely low compared to Venus whose serve (even the 2nd) was poppin' like popcorn! Serena failed to convert on quite a few breakpoint opportunities and was a little more error-prone in the 2nd set. Serena's ranking will rise from #6 to #5 (which I know she could possibly care less about at this very moment). Venus is truly something else on Center Court / grass at Wimbledon. Congratulations Venus! Serena should be more determined than ever to continue to tighten up her game. The head-to-head is now leveled, 8-8. Grand Slam Titles: Serena (8) and Venus (7). 5 Wimbledon titles....WOW!

Appreciating The Williams Sisters

Wimbledon Doubles Final (Saturday)

FINAL
Venus/Serena (USA)[11] vs L. Raymond (USA)/S. Stosur (AUS)[16]
3rd Match of the Day on Center Court

Wimbledon Final: Venus vs. Serena (Saturday)

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FINAL

Serena Williams (USA)[6] vs. Venus Williams (USA)[7]
Serena leads Head-To-Head 8-7
1st match of the day on Center Court

2pm (9:00am EST)

Double Trouble: Williams Sisters in Doubles Final!

Venus and Serena Williams have won their Semifinal Doubles match defeating Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-3, 6-3. The "All England Club" should be renamed the "All-Williams Club." The Sisters will try to pull off another Daily-Double as they compete against each other in the Wimbledon Singles Final and with each other in the Wimbledon Doubles Final (both of which will be played on Saturday). The Singles match will be played 1st, then the Men's Doubles Final followed by the Women's Doubles Final. It's WILLIAMS SISTERS WEEKEND at Wimbledon!

Wimbledon Semifinal (Video) Highlights

Wimbledon Doubles: SEMIFINAL FRIDAY

Semifinal

Venus/Serena (USA)[11] vs N. Dechy (FRA)/C. Dellacqua (AUS)

1st Match of the Day on Court 1

1pm (8am EST)

Noteworthy Wimbledon Statistic #2

Serena leads the women's field in the ace category,

firing down 48 aces (prior to the final).

Noteworthy Wimbledon Statistic #1

Serena advanced to the 2008 Wimbledon Final without dropping a set.

Mission Accomplished! Sisters in Wimbledon Final

Serena Williams has defeated Zheng Jie in straigh sets, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). There were a few rain delays and Jie was up 4-2 in the 2nd set but Serena was able to come good and serve as if her life depended on it. Serena served 14 aces in the match. Make no mistake, Zheng Jie put up some awesome resistence (had some nice winners of her own, moving Serena around) in the 2nd set but when she broke Serena to go up 4-2 (and serving for 5-2), Serena broke right back and held serve to level the set 4-4. Each player held serve and entered into the tiebreak, wherein Zheng Jie double-faulted on Serena's match point. Thanks for "hanging in there" Serena. I am soooo happy for you! Interesting to note, Venus defeated Elena Dementieva (in straight sets) by a very similiar scoreline, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3). The Sisters closed their Semifinal matches by winning the 2nd set tiebreak. Now they are back in familiar territory, facing each other in a Wimbledon Final for the 3rd time. Prior Wimbledon Finals were in 2002 and 2003. Rock on Sisters!

Wimbledon: Semifinal (Thursday)

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Semifinal

Serena (USA)[6] vs. Jie Zheng

Serena leads Head-To-Head 1-0

2nd match of the day on Center Court

Fast Fact: Their previous match was at Wimbledon (2004)

(R128) which Serena won 6-3, 6-1

Williams Sisters advance to Doubles Semis!

Venus and Serena Williams have defeated Bethanie Mattek (USA)[13]/Sania Mirza (IND)[13], 6-4, 6-3, in Wimbledon Quarterfinal action today. So that means....not only have the Sisters advanced to the Wimbledon Semifinals in singles, but doubles also! Next up for the Sisters (in doubles) are Nathalie Dechy (FRA) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS). The Sisters will play their Semifinal singles matches tomorrow. These two matches decide whether or not there will be an ALL-WILLIAMS Final on Saturday. I say YES!

Serena helps "dress up" Olympic Book

The ITF (International Tennis Federation) has announced the publication of its official Olympic Book ‘Journey to Beijing – Tennis celebrates the Olympics’. Over 40 of the world’s leading tennis players took part in the ITF project to help promote the 2008 Beijing Olympic Tennis Event. The 140-page publication features a series of specially commissioned photographs of the game’s top names dressed as athletes from other summer or winter Olympic sports. These are accompanied by interviews with the players talking about their Olympic memories and hopes for Beijing.The photographs were taken over a six-month period with photo shoots held in venues as varied as Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Indian Wells, Los Angeles, Miami, Melbourne, Moscow, Netherlands, Palm Beach, Santiago, Shanghai and Tel Aviv. Serena Williams demonstrates her ice skating abilities at home in Palm Beach. For more information and to view the entire book online, visit http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/.

Wimbledon Doubles: Quarterfinal (Wednesday)

Quarterfinal

Venus/Serena (USA)[11] vs B. Mattek (USA)[13]/S. Mirza (IND)[13]

1st Match of the Day on Court 2

Serena soars into Semis

Serena Williams bulldozed her way into the last four after defeating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on Centre Court. It was the most impressive performance from Serena so far at this year's tournament. Radwanska was blasted off court by a barrage of 11 aces, all of them comfortably in excess of 100 miles an hour, and another 20 unreturned serves. Serena cranked up the power game with three aces in four points and broke Radwanska for the second time with a crunching backhand service return, standing well inside the baseline to receive the Pole's delivery.

Radwanska's best hope lay in wrong-footing Williams but she was being permitted less and less time to do so as Serena, sensing a wilting opponent, served out for the first set in 32 minutes. Radwanska, who won the Eastbourne tournament immediately preceding Wimbledon and has made the transition from junior to senior tennis in admirable fashion, needed to get away to a good start in the second set, but was never given the slightest chance of doing so. She was broken at once and with Williams walloping aces and service winners seemingly at will the second set rapidly became an embarrassing rout, lasting a mere 19 minutes.