Sport: Tennis: Williams Wins!

Dad said it would happen, and he was right: Venus and Serena will set the future of women's tennis

After the Williams sisters took on the world, they had to take on each other. After Serena demolished Martina Hingis on Friday and Venus whipped Jennifer Capriati a couple of hours later--all their U.S. Open challengers felled--father Richard Williams said he was grabbing the first jet out of town. He said, "I doubt any person in their right mind would want to see their kids out there fighting like hell in an arena." He said it would make him sick to his stomach.

But not even a father could turn his head away from this. It was rumored that Richard never...

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