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...players in the game but by gutsily holding out for a huge endorsement contract. And there will be more in what promises to be a long era of Williams domination. The end of the summer saw two tournament wins in a row by the Williamses--Serena in Toronto and Venus in New Haven. This year's Open was the death knell not just for Hingis, whose weak serve and clever volleying look a century old, but even for the "veterans"--powerful Capriati and Lindsay Davenport, who just did not appear to be in the same league. The generation of Williams...
...only are the Williamses the strongest players in a sport in which power increasingly matters, but their volleys have improved, and they're less afraid of rushing the net. If they begin playing more tournaments next year, as they have vowed to do, Venus, ranked No. 4 at the Open, and Serena, ranked No. 10, will be fighting for the No. 1 ranking for a long time. And if Serena continues to improve her control and gets some confidence about facing her older sister, it will be interesting to see how they segue from partners to rivals--whether they will...
...just a game, and we're entertainers," said Serena before the match. "People pay to see us play and perform. After that, we go home, and we're always going to be a family. We have to be able to separate tennis from family life." The first words Venus said to her sister after defeating her were "I love you." The sisters seem to have enough perspective to be able to pull that off. They get a lot of flack for saying tennis isn't the only thing in their life--for planning for their next careers by spending autumns...
Even during the postgame speeches to the crowd, the two looked very much like sisters. And they still played up the sisterly rivalry. A smiling Venus said, "I always want Serena to win. I'm the big sister. I take care of Serena. I make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything." Serena grimaced and tugged on Venus' arm. "Stop. Stop. Stop. Be quiet." Then she laughed. "For the younger sisters, we always look up to the big sister and we always want to win because they're always older and ahead of us." They...
...becoming so open? In a way, they're not. Bickford and Baines were created by women (just as men created Mary, Ally, Maude et al.), and like many "relationship" dramas they're expected to draw female viewers in particular. Baines creator Lydia Woodward believes the story transcends Mars-Venus issues, but says, "A man's emotional life is every bit as interesting as a woman's. Why not go there...