Venus Down Serena Up and On her way to the Grand Slam, Who better to lose to than your younger sister who has always admired and respected you? Well it’s a question that Venus Williams will have plenty of opportunities to answer. Tuesday evening match began as a rivalry that in terms of importance and longevity in the tennis world compares with Chris Evert-Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf-Monica Seles. The difference of course being that Venus and Serena are sisters.
The Williams sisters have met 26 times, 13 in Grand Slam events and eight in Grand Slam finals. The 13 Grand Slam meetings are the most of any pair save for Evert and Navratilova, who met 22 times.
The Williams’ latest match, Tuesday night in the United States Open quarterfinals, may have been the most important yet, as Serena is bidding for the first Grand Slam since Graf in 1988.
But it was a rivalry between sisters, and that brings with it some ambiguity or even discomfort. The sisters have said they do not especially enjoy playing each other. “It definitely doesn’t get easier,” Serena said after their most recent meeting, in the round of 16 at Wimbledon this year.
The Williams sisters have met 26 times, 13 in Grand Slam events and eight in Grand Slam finals. The 13 Grand Slam meetings are the most of any pair save for Evert and Navratilova, who met 22 times.
The Williams’ latest match, Tuesday night in the United States Open quarterfinals, may have been the most important yet, as Serena is bidding for the first Grand Slam since Graf in 1988.
But it was a rivalry between sisters, and that brings with it some ambiguity or even discomfort. The sisters have said they do not especially enjoy playing each other. “It definitely doesn’t get easier,” Serena said after their most recent meeting, in the round of 16 at Wimbledon this year.
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