Venus beats Serena for her fifth Wimbledon title - Tennis

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Williams Defeats Williams for Wimbledon Crown
Published 7/5/2008 by rcade at SportsFilter
For the first time since 2001, Venus Williams defeated her younger sister Serena in a Grand Slam final, taking her fifth Wimbledon championship in two sets 7-5 and 6-4. Their career record against each other is now even at 8-8. Although a sportswriter described past Williams vs. Williams finals as underwhelming and error-prone, this was a dramatic match that included the fastest serve ever by a woman at Wimbledon: Venus' 129-mph ace in the second set. Read Story.

Daily Rundown: July 7, 2008
Published 7/7/2008 by Laura J. Wurst at The Sports Girl
... in just under two hours to successfully defend her Wimbledon title and level their head-to-head series at eight wins each.  "I'm definitely more in tune with my sister's feelings because one of us has to win and one of us has to lose," the No. 7-seeded Venus said. "You could never detract from winning a Wimbledon, so of course it doesn't detract from that. But I'm definitely thinking about how my sister's feeling." ...