Sisters Serena and Venus Williams are not playing in Indian Wells, although fans would love to see them there! So, why aren’t they? If you follow tennis at all, then most likely you know. It’s a decision they have made together and they are standing by each other on this one, even if there are consequences.
The details of what happened are definitely a bit sketchy. No one seems to have the real story.

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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!
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It was actually a good match. I know it was a straight-set final (7-5, 6-4), but it was a good match – so much better than I remember the Williams sisters finals being. I got in on it at the beginning of the second set (west coast time wreaks havoc with my tennis-watching habits), and I was impressed. Both WIlliams sisters were going after it, trading point for point, fighting and putting together a great match. In the end, though, it was Venus who came through to defend her 2007 title and notch her fifth Wimbledon title.
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Oh bother, they’ve done it again. We should really just start calling this tournament the “Williams’ Wimbledon”. Both Serena and Venus Williams handled their semifinal opponents in straight sets to book their third meeting in the Wimbledon final. The last time the duo was in a Wimbly final was in 2003. Serena won that title in defense of the trophy she picked up a year earlier, also at her sister’s expense.
This is five years later, however, and both of the Williams’ are playing at about the same level.
Venus ousted fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6(7-3), and Serena dispatched surprise semifinalist Jie …read more

Venus Williams is another step closer to defending her 2007 Wimbledon title. In one of the most crazy, convuluted Wimbledons in recent memory, Williams became the first woman into the semifinals after dispatching Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3. ‘
Elena Dementieva, the highest remaining seed at number five, managed to come through a tough quarterfinal match to set up a meeting with Venus in the semis. Dementieva blew Nadia Petrova away with a 6-1 first set, but Petrova bounced back and won a tiebreak second set. The swing set went to Dementieva with two breaks at 6-3.
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Well, it wasn’t the match I was hoping for. It wasn’t anything really. Roger Federer imposed his will on Lleyton Hewitt and ousted the Aussie in straight sets (7-6, 6-2, 6-4) to move into the quarterfinals. Federer looks good, folks. He looks really sharp.
Holy whoa! What have we got going on Court 11?! Fernando Verdasco and Mario Ancic are in an old-fashioned brawl. Verdasco won the first two sets 6-3, 6-4, but Ancic counter-punched by winning the next two sets 6-4, 6-3. Neither one is giving way in the fifth set; they’re deadlocked at 9-all. Man, I wish I …read more

The down and dirty on today:
- Rafael Nadal is rolling. Rolling! Three sets later, Nicolas Kiefer is no more. I’ve never seen Rafa look so dangerous on grass. Anyone in his way is in for a serious fight if they want to move past him.
- I get such a kick out of watching Mikhail Youzhny on court. The man is just spastic or something. Whatever he is, he’s still finding a way to win. A see-saw five-setter with Radek Stepanek was more than enough to send Youzhny into his usual antics, and he just managed to come out on top …read more

Well, yesterday I chose David Nalbandian to pick on and today, that torch has been passed to Nikolay Davydenko. The fourth-seeded player was booted by Benjamin Becker in the first round in three sets, all to the tune of 6-4. With that lackluster performance, Davydenko gets the Slacker of the Day award.
Venus Williams made the first step in defending her title (I’d forgotten she won last year. Which may not be surprising considering the number of Wimblys she’s won and her somewhat streaky nature.), and squeaked out a close first set against British hopeful Naomi Cavaday at 7-6 before dominating …read more

And it’s here! The countdown is over, the waiting is past – now it’s time to just kick back and watch the drama unfold.
Roger Federer sailed through the first round in straight sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) over Dominik Hrbaty and will be squaring off against Robin Soderling in the second round. The experts say that’s a potential upset, but Soderling took four sets to win his first match – including a bagel performance in the second set against Kevin Kim of the United States before ripping off the third and fourth sets for the victory.
Good news for Roger – and …read more

The draws are out for Wimbledon and boy are they interesting. Rather than pick my own winners for this tournament (I mean – the French was easy – hello Nadal…but Wimbledon?), Tennis.com had a great rundown of the draws and who was going to be the winner. I’m not saying I agree; I’m just saying someone else already did the work.
Steve Tignor has Venus Williams picked to win the women’s title and Rafael Nadal on the men’s. The picked semifinalists for the women are Ana Ivanovic defeating Serena Williams and Venus defeating Maria Sharapova. For the men, Tignor picked Roger …read more