Today, Serena and Venus Williams will play each other yet again. They have played each other professionally an incredible 26 times over the 20 years that the two have been on the tour. The last time was only two months ago at Wimbledon. Serena took the match in straight sets on her path toward the title. As of now, Serena leads the head to head 15-11, and we expect to see her increase that gap by one more by the end of the day today. That doesn’t mean that this won’t be an intense match, physically but more importantly psychologically, especially when this is the tournament that the two went head to head for the first time. The two are best friends and the biggest supporters of the other’s dreams. Even their mother Oracene Price struggles to sit and watch her two children compete against each other. Serena is looking to make history, and this is going to be one of the hardest matches to get through to fulfill her dreams. Here are just a few quotes that prove how much these two despise taking the court against each other.
“The only player in the draw I don’t want to play.”
– Serena on Venus, Sports Illustrated
“I don’t think anyone wants to be a spoiler. I think people love to see history being made.”
– Venus on Serena, USA TODAY
-Isha Price, Venus and Serena’s sister, USA TODAY
While the world may be excited for this match up, we can only assume that the Williams sisters cannot wait until today is over.
