Venus beats Serena for fifth title at Wimbledon
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-06 09:34

"Venus was like, 'I've got to get to work.' And Serena said pretty much the same thing," their elder sister Isha Price recalled. "So they just went home and really got on the grind and started practicing. They wanted to be better because they wanted to do well here."

They usually do.


Venus Williams of the US holds her trophy after defeating her sister Serena in their finals match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 5, 2008.[Xinhua]

Since 2000, 11 of the 18 Wimbledon finalist slots have been filled by one Williams or the other. Yesterday's final was the eighth in the past nine years at Wimbledon with at least one Williams, and neither lost a set this year.

They now own a combined 15 grand slam singles titles - Serena leads with eight - and also have earned six grand slam doubles titles together. They have a chance to add to the latter when they face Lisa Raymond of the US and Samantha Stosur of Australia.

"It's good practice for our singles," Serena said on Friday. "We're just enjoying every moment."

The sisters advanced to the doubles final by beating Nathalie Dechy of France and Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-3, 6-3.