Last year Wimbledon witnessed a memorable final when the Williams sisters defied the odds to face each other in the womens final. It had appeared that both had past their best while eastern european opposition began to dominate the sport. However when Venus defeated her sister 7-5 6-4, she claimed her fifth Wimbledon title after her triumphs in 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007 and her first against her sister in the final. Back to back titles were not expected but she did it in fine style. Sister Serena was tipped to become more successful than her older sister but has thus far only managed the two titles she won a couple year back now in 2002 and 2003 both against Venus in the final.
The two again have a chance to go against each other in the final this year but first both have to overcome their quarter final opponents today. Venus who is seeded third faces Polish 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska while Serena faces eighth seed Victoria Azarenka from Belarus a bit later on. Between the sisters games first seed Dinara Safina has her quarter final tie with the unseeded German Sabine Lisicki. Russians Safina and Elena Dementieva are expected to both win their quarter finals and face the sisters in the semi finals.
Serena has showed terrific form so far having already slaughtered Daniela Hantuchova and she will definitely be tough to beat Azarenka. However Azarenka can look back to the Miami final for confidence where she beat Serena
In my opinion it would great to again see the sisters in the final but it is still to soon to say it will happen as both must overcome the quarters and then possible grueling semis for the big one to happen. I will be pulling for Venus if it does happen purely because I admire her for coming back so strongly in the last two years after it seemed her sister had put her away for good in 2002 and 2003.Venus also seems the more humble of the two while Serena has to be commended for her fierce attitude and the way she fights back to win rallies.
Still on tennis while many would argue the tournament has been a bit deflated with the men’s champion Rafael Nadal pulling out a week before the start I still believe people shouldn’t overlook Federer as a worthy Wimbledon champion this year if he wins. Last years final could have gone either way and while Nadal has overcome Federer in other finals I still think Federer should be given more chances to show that he in fact still better than Nadal.
Nadal being the younger is stronger and fitter but none should look past Federer looking at his history in the game. Nadal is still a long way off from equaling a CV to Federers and Nadal may still have a lot of time on his hands to make up, it’s a lot easier said than done.
Best of luck to Roger and Venus, will be supporting both of the older stars to prove their age is just a number.
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