August 5, 2012

Venus and Serena Williams win Olympic gold

 Serena Williams relishes her role as copycat little sister. Now, she has that remarkable Olympic double — just like Venus.
 The overpowering American pair teamed to win the women's doubles title at the Olympics on Sunday, with Serena adding to the singles gold she won on Centre Court at Wimbledon a day earlier. "Crazy," Serena said. "I'm always copying her. I forgot that she did it in Sydney and I do it here.
We're the same doubles team, we just split this to singles, so it's cool." The sisters beat Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4 under the roof on a rainy afternoon at the All England Club.
Venus — with her red, white and blue braids pulled back into a bun — closed out the match on the very grass she has long loved with a backhand volley winner after the Czechs saved a pair of match points. On Saturday, Serena beat Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 for the singles gold. She joined Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors.