Both Williams Sisters Lose in Cincinnati

Talk about a shocker!  Both Venus Williams and her younger sister, Serena Williams, were eliminated from the third-round at the Cincinnati Open after playing miserably.  It was painful to watch, actually.

Venus took on Italy’s Flavia Pennetta and she made 38 unforced errors and just looked wild.  She kept dumping balls into the net and ended up losing 7-6 (2), 6-4.

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If you thought that was bad, you’ll be shocked to learn that Serena actually fared worse.  On the very same court just hours later, a second Williams sister was eliminated after making 44 unforced errors and ended up losing to Austria’s Sybille Bammer with a final score of 7-5. 6-4.

Both ladies, who are normally pretty reserved, had some things to say about their losses.

“I wasn’t able to get control of my ball today,” Venus said. “After a while, it was obvious to see she was just keeping the ball in play and waiting for me to self-destruct.”

“I saw her after the match, and she just said she had made a lot of errors,” Serena said. “I was like, ‘Wow.’ I didn’t think I would do the same thing… I never played worse in my life.  It was really a bad match.  We don’t lose too much in the same day, so usually I’m so pumped.  And I was pumped today. I just couldn’t get it together.  I just hope I don’t have another day like this for another several years.”

Yeah, I hope so too, Serena…