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Williams sisters win Wimbledon doubles title

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  • Serena and Venus Williams
    The Williams sisters with their respective wommen's doubles trophy at Wimbledon.

    Serena Williams won a pair of Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon, just like her sister Venus did last year. Serena added the women's doubles title to her take at this year's tournament, teaming with big sister Venus to beat Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Saturday. It's their fourth Wimbledon title together, part of their haul of nine Grand Slam women's doubles championships. "There's nothing like winning a title with your sister," said Serena, who has won 11 major singles titles. "It's really a good feeling."

    A year ago, Venus beat Serena in the championship match to win her fifth Wimbledon singles title, and the pair then teamed up to win the doubles. "One out of two's not bad," Venus said. "I really wanted to win the singles, but they're two separate events. If I won the singles and not the doubles, it's still not the same."

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    Against the Australians, the Williams sisters traded breaks in the first set, with Stosur and Stubbs taking a 2-1 lead off Serena's opening service game. But the Americans eventually broke back to 4-4 when Stosur put a backhand volley into the net. In the tiebreaker, Venus put the sisters up a mini-break on the second point with a return of serve that Stubbs couldn't get back over. "The ball clipped the tape, and therefore it went a little bit higher than it should have and it hit my frame and didn't quite get off the string," Stubbs said. "It was really unlucky."

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