Serena and Venus Williams Both Out of Wimbledon
The defending Wimbledon Champion, Serena Williams and her 5 times Wimbledon winning sister Venus Williams, have both been knocked out of the Championship in the 4th round.
The Williams sisters have won an incredible 9 Wimbledon titles in the last 11 years but this time it wasn’t to be.
Serena has just returned back to the tennis court after suffering from a life threatening illness and Venus has just come back from injury. Both have been a little rusty but have still been too strong for their opponents thus far.
That changed in the fourth round, first on court was Serena who was playing Marion Bartoli of France. Bartoli has previously been a finalist in the 2007 Wimbledon championship, beaten ironically by Venus.
She broke Serena to claim the first set 6-3 before taking the second set to a tie break, which after a nervous start, she held out to win 7-6 (8-6).
Venus arrived on centre court just after Serena’s match had just finished so she obviously knew the scoreline, perhaps it affected her concentration, perhaps not but she looked a little less focused and confident than in previous rounds.
She was playing Tsvetana Pironkova, a lady who is obviously talented, but has so far failed to shine this year winning very few matches on tour.
However, she seems to be taking to Wimbledon in a way that belies her year so far and hasn’t dropped a set.
Pironkova broke Venus twice in the first set to take it 6-2 and the second set went the way of the first, 6-3, with Venus looking a shadow of her former self.
Bartoli will now face Sabine Lisicki in the quarterfinals and Pironkova will play Petra Kvitova.
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