Wimbledon – Williams sisters win doubles
July 5, 2009 by jane
Filed under Grand Slam, Serena Williams, Tennis, Venus Williams
Three-and-a-half hours after the women’s singles final at Wimbledon, Venus and Serena Williams took to Centre Court again but this time they were on the same side of the net.
The Williams sisters put sibling rivalry them to win the women’s doubles title in emphatic style.
As the sun dipped down behind Centre Court’s roof, the Serena and Venus teamed up to win their fourth Wimbledon women’s doubles title, defeating Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs of Australia 7-6 6-4.
It was consolation of sorts for Venus, who had lost the women’s singles final to her sister earlier in the day.
Serena beat her older sibling 7-6 6-2 to deny her a hat-trick of Wimbledon singles titles, while at the same time claiming a third Sw19 crown of her own.
Venus has now lost six of the eight grand slam singles finals she has played against Serena, three of them at Wimbledon.
Still, it was a good day for the American ladies.
Serena, when asked about her motivation and attempt to regain the world No. 1 ranking said:
You know, I’m not super motivated. I think if you hold three Grand Slam titles maybe you should be No. 1, but not on the WTA Tour obviously, so…
You know, my motivation is maybe just to win another Grand Slam and stay No. 2, I guess (laughter).
(Note: Despite being eliminated in the semifinals at Wimbledon, Dinara Safina remains No. 1 in the WTA rankings. Go figure).
