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TENNIS-GBR-WIMBLEDON, originally uploaded by azzurri_nr1.
US Serena Williams (R) and US Venus Williams hug after their final match on Day 12 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on July 4, 2009. The event, the third Grand Slam tournament of 2009, runs from June 22 to July 5, 2009. Serena won 7/6,6/2. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK (Photo credit GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

Wimbledon crowns a new ladies’ singles champion at the the All England Club, but the crown stays in the Williams family. Serena Williams takes her turn by defeating her sister Venus Williams in straight sets, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 in 87 minutes.

Elena Dementieva at Wimbledon 2009, originally uploaded by EvianInsiders.
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND – JULY 02: Elena Dementieva of Russia takes a break during the women’s singles semi final match against Serena Williams of USA on Day Ten of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 2, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for Evian)

Serena Williams defeats Russia’s Elena Dementieva in the women’s singles semi-final at Wimbledon 6-7 7-5 8-6. The longest women’s semi-final at Wimbledon in the era of Open tennis, by most accounts the finest women’s match at the 2009 Championships so far.

Jun 30 2009
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 30: Serena Williams of USA shakes hands with Victoria Azarenka of Belarus after the women’s singles quarter final match on Day Eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 30, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Hamish Blair/Getty Images)
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The Williams sisters cruise through to the next round of the Wimbledon. Venus Williams took just an hour and eight minutes to dispatch 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2. In similar fashion, Serena Williams took only five minutes longer than her sister to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 6-3.