About the Williams

Interesting facts about the Williams sisters who are both in the 2008 Wimbledon finals - both for women singles and doubles.
I found this at Yahoo Sports:

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Thumbnail glances at the women’s singles finalists
at Wimbledon, with seedings:
No. 6 Serena Williams of the United States vs. No. 7 Venus Williams of the United States:

Serena:
Right-handed, 26, born in Saginaw, Mich., and lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. … Playing at Wimbledon for the ninth time. … Won the 2002 and 2003 championships, beating older sister Venus each time; lost to Maria Sharapova in 2004 final. … Is 8-7 overall against Venus, including 5-1 in Grand Slam finals. … Their last meeting in a title match came at the All England Club in 2003. … Hasn’t lost a set at Wimbledon this year. … Beat Kaia Kanepi, Urszula Radwanska No. 29 Amelie Mauresmo, Bethanie Mattek No. 14 Agnieszka Radwanska, Zheng Jie. … Will be playing in her 11th Grand Slam final. … Has won eight Grand Slam titles, two at Wimbledon, two at the U.S. Open, three at the Australian Open, one at the French Open. … Has 31 career titles, three this year. … Is 31-3 in 2008. … Coached by her father, Richard Williams, and mother, Oracene Price. Hitting partner is Sasha Bajin.

Venus:
Right-handed, 28, born in Lynwood, Calif., and lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. … Playing at Wimbledon for the 12th time. … Won the 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007 championships; reached two other finals, losing to Serena in 2002 and 2003. … Beat Serena in the 2001 U.S. Open final, the first time two sisters had played in a Grand Slam title match since Maud Watson beat Lillian Watson at Wimbledon in 1884. … Hasn’t lost a set at the All England Club this year. … Beat Naomi Cavaday, Anne Keothavong, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Alisa Kleybanova, Tamarine Tanasugarn No. 5 Elena Dementieva. … Will be playing in her 13th Grand Slam final. … Has won six Grand Slam titles, four at Wimbledon, two at the U.S. Open. … Has 36 career titles, none this year. Hadn’t made it past the semifinals at any tournament before Wimbledon in 2008. … Is 20-7 in 2008. … Coached by her father, Richard Williams, and mother, Oracene Price. Hitting partner is David Witt.

1 comments:

Pinay WAHM said...

Hi Mommy...

I just read na the older sister won. But they won the doubles so that at least made the younger one happy.

Musta ang weekend?

Mommy J

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