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VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS are sisters.They are also both tennis champions who often have to play each other! Venus is now eleventh in the world, and her younger sister Serena has moved up to third.The two sisters were born in a poor and dangerous area of California.It was full of drugs and violence. In a recent interview, Venus spoke about the time when she and Serena were practicing tennis and they had to run and hide as bullets started flying through the air. Finally, in 1991, the sisters and their family moved to a safer area and since then they have never looked back. The sisters' father, Richard, started to train Venus and Serena when they were young children.He has always been very strict with his daughters, training them hard to compete against each other.Brandi, the sisters' mother, taught her daughters at home so that they completed their high school while developing their tennis careers. Today, both sisters are studying design at college.They have already expressed a keen interest in working in design after their tennis careers come to an end. The sisters' road to success has been amazing.The first time Venus played in a big event was in 1996.Since then, she has won Wimbledon and the US Open twice. Serena has continued to improve and make fantastic progress.In 1999 and 2002, she won the US Open, and in 2002 and 2003, she was the women's singles champion at Wimbledon. Has tennis ever caused problems between the sisters? Fortunately, no."We've played each other before and it hasn't worried us yet! " says Venus."If she wins, " Serena jokes, "Mama says she has to do the dishes! " Venus和SerenaWilliams是一对姐妹。她们经常对战而且也都是网球冠军。Venus现在是世界排行上的第十一名,而她的妹妹甚至已经上升到了第三名。 两姐妹出生在加利福尼亚的一个贫穷而危险的地方。最近的一次访谈中,Venus谈到这段她们需要一边躲避穿越空中的子弹一边练习网球的日子。在1991年,她们一家人搬到了更安全的地方,从那以后她们也不再回想当时的生活。 两姐妹的父亲Richard在她们小的时候就开始就训练她们打网球。他总是对他的女儿们很严厉,通过让他们对战来训练他们完成任务。她们的母亲Brandi在家里教导她们学习,这样她们可以再完成高校学业的同时提高她们的网球进程。现在,姐妹两人都在大学修设计专业。他们在网球历程走向终点后对设计表现出很大的兴趣。 姐妹两的成功之路是惊人的。Venus第一次参加大型比赛是在1996年。在那之后,她赢得了温布尔登奖以及在美网公开赛中获得了两次胜利。Serena也持续提升着自己的技能并获得了可观的成果。在1999和2002年她在美网公开赛中获得胜利,而在2002和2003年她在温布尔登成为了女单冠军。试问网球是否曾经在姐妹间产生过问题?幸运的是,没有。“我们曾经对战过但那并没有困扰我们!”Venus说。“如果她赢了,”Serena开玩笑说:“妈妈会说晚饭要归她做。” |
