Serena Williams Takes Home the King’s Cup
March 3, 2009 by Julie Bonner
Filed under Tennis
Serena Williams proudly hold up the trophy from the Billie Jean King Cup tournament in her “blue dress”, as she calls it.
On Monday night, World No. 1 Serena defeated her older sister Venus Williams in a 6-4, 6-3 victory. This was Serena’s first tournament at Madison Square Garden.
“Definitely winning in Madison Square Garden, also with Billie Jean and this Cup is just really fun and it being the first time is really cool,” said Serena.
How much did she get to take home from this win? How does a cool $400,000 sound!
Pictures, video and more below.
The Williams sisters were the biggest attraction for the crowd and they gave them what they wanted to see. A great match.
The sisters were tied at 4 in the championship when they engaged in easily the longest game of the night. After nine deuces, Venus dumped a backhand into the net on Serena’s eighth break point of the game. Serena then held to take the first set and opened the second with another break as a weary Venus struggled with her serve.
“I just would’ve loved to have held there,” Venus said of the critical stretch in the first set. “That’s tennis—you can’t get broke that much. Too many breaks today.”
What a weekend it was! Wish I could have been there to experience it all first-hand. Videos and photos from the weekend below.
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