Venus
and Serena Williams celebrating their fifth Wimbledon Women doubles
title together, soon after beating Czech sixth seeds Andrea Hlavackova
and Lucie Hradecka 7-5, 6-4 for their 13 Grand Slam doubles triumphs.
Serena Williams of the USA rushes through the crowd to the player’s box to celebrate with her father Richard Williams.
Serena Williams of the USA rushes through the crowd to the player’s box to celebrate with her father Richard Williams.
Wimbledon’s amazing champions of
2012 Serena Williams and Venus Williams overcame the road laced with
injury to wind back time in a rare and remarkable feat in London at
Wimbledon. Double aces gold holding silver.
It was their fifth Wimbledon doubles
title together, and came shortly after Venus watched her little sister
win the singles final.
“I was definitely inspired by
Serena’s singles performance,” Venus said. “Obviously it’s wonderful to
play on the court with her. I couldn’t have done it without her, so it’s
great.”
Both sisters have battled health
issues over the last two years, with Venus having been diagnosed with an
energy-sapping illness and Serena overcoming blood clots in her lungs
and two operations after cutting her feet on glass in 2010.
This was their first doubles tournament together in two years, and they looked as if they hadn’t missed a beat.
“She’s such a fighter, you never say
die,” Venus said about her sister. “I don’t think either of us believes
that we can be defeated by anything. Nothing has defeated us yet, so
we’re going to keep that track record.”
Serena was the last woman to win both the singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon, in 2009.
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