Sister power! These two make me proud to be a Black woman in American. They are such great role models for our young girls and anyone out there trying to be successful. Big congrats to them on their 6th doubles win at Wimbledon.
via teamusa.org
Serena Williams is leaving Wimbledon with two trophies, teaming with her older sister Venus to win the women’s doubles final just hours after collecting the singles title Saturday.
The American siblings won their sixth doubles championship at the All England Club and 14th as a pair at all Grand Slam tournaments by beating fifth-seeded Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4.
Earlier Saturday, also on Centre Court, Serena won her 22nd Grand Slam singles title with a straight-set victory over Angelique Kerber in that final.
The Williams sisters also won doubles titles at Wimbledon in 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2012. Each time, one or the other also won the singles championship, with Serena doing it in 2002, 2009 and 2012 in addition to this year.
They’re now 14-0 in major doubles finals. But they were unseeded this time because they play doubles so infrequently, and their most recent Grand Slam title before Saturday had come four years ago at the All England Club. Until playing at the French Open in May, they hadn’t even entered a doubles draw at any major tournament since 2014.
