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The tennis star is currently on a break from the WTA Tour, nursing an ankle injury. [1]
Venus Williams dominated women’s tennis in 2000, winning singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Sydney Olympics, and winning doubles titles at Wimbledon and Sydney with her younger sister Serena. [2]
Serena Williams was spotted on the Hawaiian waves, surfing with her rapper boyfriend Common. [1]
I found one really cool set of photos of sisters Venus and Serena Williams practicing before their epic match at the US Open. [...] I find it especially nice that the tennis stars were both accompanied with their partners ‘ Venus with her fianc?, golfer Hank Kuehne, and Serena with her often-denied boyfriend, rapper Common. [3]
During the next two years Venus was in the ascendancy, but in 2002 Serena bested her older sister three times to win the French and U.S. opens and Wimbledon. [...] She continued the success of her first Grand Slam by winning the U.S. Open in 2000. [2]
The sisters have played each other in 21 professional matches dating back to 1998, with Serena winning 11 matches played between them as of July 2009. [4]
In 2001 she repeated as Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion (defeating Serena in the U.S. Open finals) and she won again at Wimbledon in 2005, 2007 and 2008. [2]
In her first professional tournament, the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, Williams won her first-round match. [4]
Read about current tennis events and matches, interesting stories about female tennis players, watch players’ interviews and amusing tennis videos. [3]
After her breakthrough, Williams breached the top ten on the WTA world rankings for the first time in 1998 when she won Lipton Championships in Miami. [...] Williams’ success continued as she picked up the gold medal for singles at the Sydney Olympics in September, defeating Seles in the semifinals and Elena Dementieva in the final. [...]… several weeks later, Williams defeated Davenport for the first time in the semifinals of the IGA Tennis Classic in Oklahoma City. [4]
In the U.S. Open she defeated Serena in the first sisters’ championship since 1884; it was the first time that two African-Americans competed for the title. [2]
Sources:
[1] Serena Williams and boyfriend Common surfing in Hawaii | Serena Williams
[2] Venus Williams: Biography from Answers.com
[3] Fianc? accompanies Venus, boyfriend Serena Williams for US Open …
[4] Venus Williams - Wikipedia