The sisters won their first doubles gold in Sydney but a knee injury prevented Serena from playing at Athens in 2004. It’s been unbelievable.”Both women have also won Olympic gold medals in singles play, with Venus triumphing in Sydney and then Serena becoming champion in London. Earlier on Sunday, Serena crushed Australia’s Daria Gavrilova 6-3 6-2 in her first round singles match, a day after Venus was eliminated by Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens. Venus Williams crashed out of the Rio Games tournament in the first round on Sunday as the American sisters’ unbeaten run dating back to Sydney 2000 came to a surprising end. They have also won 14 women’s doubles grand slam titles, to go along with a combined tally of 29 major singles crowns.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2016 00:24 UTC