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Our Ode To The Williams Sisters
By
Jul 6, 2008

OUR ODE TO THE
WILLIAMS
SISTERS

BIG SISTER LITTLE SISTER

NO need for them

to vote for Barack

Venus and Serena

better than him or

ANYONE else

ALL  HAIL VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS. Now not only the Queens of Tennis but  all Sports. With this Wimbledon Final plus their Doubles Championship  later Saturday they have now transcended all that they have done  before. ALL HAIL the Williams Sisters.

The are UNBELIEVABLE

More  so that it was 5 years ago exactly that they last met for the Finals at  Wimbledon and NO one NO one who is aware of their Travails since would  have ever conceived that NOW FIVE years later they are more dominant  than ever, more secure in their Status.

Much  more than the injuries which were all more or less attributed to the  wear and tear and their "aging" and definite signs of their permanent  decline. Much more were the very clear signs they had lost their focus  and interest. Even more devastating. Fashion, acting, relaxing, doing  good, seemed to take precedence for both of them. On top of that a  ferocious new generation of teenage women prodigies were rising  stronger and faster than any before.

There was NO doubt

The  Williams Sisters neither Venus or Serena would ever "be themselves  again." Then slowly almost without notice they got healthier again.  Even more they both seemed more focused on Tennis than their other  pursuits. And most of all they began winning again each unexpectedly  earlier in Grand Slams. Serena in Australia and Venus again last year  at Wimbledon.

But  there was still no doubt it was highly HIGHLY unlikely both let alone  either would ever be dominant enough together to reach the Finals in A  Grand Slam the way they did at Wimbledon this year and play each other  as they had so often in that "distant" past when supposedly both were  in their prime. Let's also add that back 5 and 6 years ago it was  conventional wisdom every where that Younger Sister Serena had  permanently surpassed Older Sister Venus for good younger and stronger.  Really ?? That was conventional "wisdom."

Well  watching them compete this Saturday for the Wimbledon Championship  proved the most extraordinary moment yet in their Fabulous Brilliant  careers. And of course once again something truly unique in the annals  of the history of Sports not just Tennis.

Two  siblings vying for the CHAMPIONSHIP against each other. With one parent  their mother in the Stands equally happy and sad. Sad that one of her  daughter's would be defeated. LOSE the Championship of the greatest  tennis tournament of them all.

Dad  couldn't even bear to be there. Or so he said. Is there a sub-plot ? He  headed to the airport and home to Florida once it was certain Venus and  Serena would play each other. Consumed by the same emotions as their  mother who chose to stay as mothers tend to do.

BUT  WAIT THERE IS MORE. Only in Tennis do we have a Sport in which there  are two major championships at once. Both Singles and Doubles. And for  the Williams Sisters later Saturday the surreal opportunity to play  TOGETHER to win another Championship the same day. Needles to say  CRUSHING their opponents winning TWO sets to none.

Having  won the Doubles and Venus winning the Singles Championship without even  losing a single set over the two weeks and Serena the same until she  met her "match" in Venus. Likewise the other compelling fact that there  would have been no one surprised if the opposite had happened. Had  Serena dominated Venus and won the Championship.

Other than the sheer enjoyment

and the uniqueness of the

moment is there any

lesson here for all

of us YES that

life is often far

different than

it appears and

it can change

for us in many

 unexpected

ways again

and again

Venus & Serena

are the BEST

 
" WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY "