'Ghetto Cinderellas' Serena and Venus Williams hog the limelight at Wimbledon
Sisters face each other for the first time in six years in the fourth round of the grass-court grand slam tournament, both having won five titles each at the All-England Club
Serena and Venus Williams will clash at Wimbledon for the first time in six years on Monday, but the sisters' ferocious appetite for success suggests it might be premature to bill it as an emotional final fling.
The sisters, who meet in the most anticipated fourth-round tie of the tournament, have reigned supreme for much of the last two decades at Wimbledon, lifting the aptly named Venus Rosewater Dish five times each.
She's gone through so much that no one could even imagine. She never complained once. You have to give her credit for that
With 27 grand slam titles between them, the siblings are well established as two of the greatest female players in history.
Taking into account their incredible rise from the bullet-scarred courts of Los Angeles - a fairy-tale story that led father Richard to dub his children "ghetto Cinderellas" - only increases the magnitude of the sisters' accomplishments.
But, given their array of interests away from tennis, it would be understandable if Serena and Venus, 33 and 35 respectively, were ready to skip the twilight stage of their careers in favour of more glamorous opportunities in the worlds of fashion and film.
