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Venus aiming to bag Wimbledon back from Serena
London, June 21: Venus Williams of the USA looks ahead to the Wimbledon Championships, hoping to take the title back from her sister Serena.
London, June 21: Venus Williams of the USA looks ahead to the Wimbledon Championships, hoping to take the title back from her sister Serena.
Champion in 2000 and 2001, 23-year-old Venus came runner up to her younger sister Serena in last years tournament. "Oh Serena played much better than me last year, obviously it was close and she had to play some of her best tennis in all the Grand Slams whether she was playing me or any other player. Losing any match is not fun but I'm not going to get crazy," Venus said on Friday (June 20) at a fashion show to launch a range of clothing that she has collaborated on with Reebok and Designer Diane Von Furstenberg. Venus said that many people had offered support for her sister after Serena was booed by sections of the crowd during her French Open final defeat by Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne in Paris last month. "I mean I've heard some things, everyone's been really supportive. Each person I kind of went up to whether they think I'm Venus or Serena, or whether they know whether I'm Venus and they tell me to tell Serena, they've all been very supportive of Serena and I and of what we try to achieve," she said.
Venus is seeded fourth at Wimbledon, behind number one seed Serena and the Belgian pair of Kim Clijsters, seeded two and French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne.
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Champion in 2000 and 2001, 23-year-old Venus came runner up to her younger sister Serena in last years tournament. "Oh Serena played much better than me last year, obviously it was close and she had to play some of her best tennis in all the Grand Slams whether she was playing me or any other player. Losing any match is not fun but I'm not going to get crazy," Venus said on Friday (June 20) at a fashion show to launch a range of clothing that she has collaborated on with Reebok and Designer Diane Von Furstenberg. Venus said that many people had offered support for her sister after Serena was booed by sections of the crowd during her French Open final defeat by Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne in Paris last month. "I mean I've heard some things, everyone's been really supportive. Each person I kind of went up to whether they think I'm Venus or Serena, or whether they know whether I'm Venus and they tell me to tell Serena, they've all been very supportive of Serena and I and of what we try to achieve," she said.
Venus is seeded fourth at Wimbledon, behind number one seed Serena and the Belgian pair of Kim Clijsters, seeded two and French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne.
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