William Sisters Battle Each Other At Wimbledon Finals 2009

WIMBLEDON - She walked into the interview room after the match with a T-shirt that read across her chest, "Are you looking at my titles?" Serena Williams has 11 major championships now, and really there is nobody in the sport who can ignore that collection of trophies anymore.

It’s going to be an All-American final at Wimbledon today as the William sisters clash against each other with the elder sister Venus, hoping to win the title for the third consecutive time.

The Williams rivalry (on court) has been observed a lot in the past. Nine years ago they faced each other in the finals which was penned down as an uncomfortable one. Since then both the sisters have evolved, showing maturity every time they were pitted against each other. Expressing her views on the finals, Serena Williams said, “The more we play, the better it gets. You know, when we play our match on Saturday, its for everything.” The final will mark the sisters fourth meet in a Wimbledon final and eighth in a grand-slam title.

Serena took that away from her, and in the process moved into a different category of athlete.

"Now I'm looking at the next goal of someone like Billie Jean King, who is completely my idol," Serena said. "To get to her level and have 12 would be even better."

"This is one of the few times I didn't expect to come out with the win," said Serena, who has won three of the last four majors and later teamed up with Venus Saturday night to win their fourth Wimbledon women's doubles title, the fourth seeds beating No. 3 Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur of Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. "I felt like I had to go out there and do my best, just stay even, because she's such a good player. When I won that first set, I was, like, 'Wow! This is great!'".

Prior to the final, both the sisters won in a contrasting fashion. Two time Wimbledon title holder, Serena Williams defeated Elena Dementieva 6-7, 7-5, 8-6 in a 2 hour 49 minutes match putting it down in the history books as the longest woman’s match in a Wimbledon semi-final since 40 years. On the other hand, five time Wimbledon Championship holder Venus defeated Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0 in order to place her berth in her eighth Wimbledon final. The match with Dinara lasted for a mere 51 minutes.

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