The Awesome Williams Sisters

As a fan of Dementieva (I always love stories about people who are held back by a personal flaw - her service in Dementieva's case - and fix that flaw and reemerge in full force), I was a bit ambivalent about the result of the Williams match. Serena can be a bit of a sourpuss and a sore loser, so I don' support her as uneqiuvocally as I once did. I was happy to see a Williams sister pushed to the limit for once during this tournament and congrats to Serena for a well earned victory. I'm also hoping that Dementieva can take something from this and win a hard court major, whether in Australia or the US before she retires. She has had an excellent career and deserves the cherry on top before she retires.

However, when Venus played Safina, I knew the game would hardly be worth watching unless one wanted to watch Safina switch between soliloquy and those annoying conversations with her coach. And since Safina isn't that pretty to look at anyway, why should I watch that nonsense? Even when it seemed like Safina, down 1-6, 0-4 might win a game in the second set, I was predicting a bagel. For some reason I nailed that one easily.

Even though Dementieva slightly reduced the mystique associated with the Williams sisters during this Wimbledon, congrats to the Williamses for a fantastic tournament. Of course, I'm supporting Venus all the way. But in the end, Wimbledon will be remembered in this decade for the greatest player of her time and the greatest grasscourt player of her time - it's just amazing that they're not the same person but they share the same parents and last name.

It's only right that the last Wimbledon of this decade has a final between the Williams sisters.