The Williams family dream, developed more than 20 years ago on the glass-littered courts of Compton, Calif., has played out on every major championship surface since then. On the Fourth of July, Serena and Venus Williams, the American superstars and the only real standard bearers of women\u2019s tennis, slugged it out on the hallowed grass of Wimbledon\u2019s All England Lawn Tennis Club.<\/p>\n
After all the anguished cries and pummeled groundstrokes between the pair, their 21st meeting \u201d\u201d and their fourth in the Wimbledon final \u201d\u201d ended with but a muted celebration. Serena Williams, the younger sister by 15 months, steamrolled big sister Venus, 7-6 (3), 6-2 to win her third Wimbledon championship.<\/p>\n
She smiled and dropped to the grass, but was not gloating with Venus standing on the other side of the net in resigned defeat. Venus\u2019s final backhand sailed plaintively into the net, as Serena captured her 11th major championship title by unleashing unrelenting serves and executing razor-sharp angles.<\/p>\n