Venus Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cDid we only play twice here? No. We played a lot here\u2026\u201d said Serena Williams in reply.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgainst each other in the final, but more than twice here,\u201d Venus Williams clarified.<\/p>\n
Serena Williams then explained what happened as their rivalry progressed, that she \u2018really hated\u2019.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI remember one year you beat me, it was in the fourth round, I think, and then we started meeting so early, I really just hated it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hated every part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Williams sisters often met before the quarterfinals of events, especially during the latter stages of their careers.<\/p>\n
TournamentRoundWinnerLoserScore2015 WimbledonR16Serena WilliamsVenus Williams6-4, 6-32015 US OpenQFSerena WilliamsVenus Williams6-2, 1-6, 6-32017 Australian OpenFSerena WilliamsVenus Williams6-4, 6-42018 Indian Wells R32Venus WilliamsSerena Williams6-3, 6-42018 US Open R32Serena WilliamsVenus Williams6-1, 6-22020 Lexington OpenR16Serena WilliamsVenus Williams3-6, 6-3, 6-4Serena Williams and Venus Williams\u2019 head-to-head record 2015-2020<\/p>\n
Both sisters proceeded to share how they used to feel watching the draws unfold.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the draw came out, our hope was that we were on opposite sides of the draw, or at least in different brackets,\u201d said Venus Williams.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost people are like, I hope I don\u2019t play the number-one seed, whereas for me, I was like I hope my sister is in a different bracket.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we can make our way through and at least meet in the final. Even when we met in the finals, it still wasn\u2019t easy, but at least it was the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was better, because that\u2019s what we worked for, but it still sucked in the final,\u201d said Serena Williams.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want you to win, but at the same time, I want me to win. So it becomes a moment where you have to become super selfish, for lack of a better word, and have to really fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Venus Williams then commented on the common misconception fans had about her rivalry with Serena Williams.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThat was a misconception I felt like I was getting into about us, that we probably secretly hated each other, when it could be nothing further,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like people felt like we secretly hated each other. People were always like \u2018What\u2019s it like playing your sister? Do you guys talk before?\u2019 It\u2019s like bore on, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
They certainly played their fair share of matches against one another, but how did they approach things mentally and tactically?<\/p>\n
Venus Williams claims Serena Williams was \u2018invincible\u2019 for two years<\/p>\n
Coming up short against her younger sister on 19 occasions, Venus Williams struggled for periods of their rivalry.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always felt like if you had your best day, I could not win,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt I could only beat you if you did not have a good day. I feel like there was a period where you were invincible, and I could not play better than you; it was a two-year period.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring that period, I just could not beat you, and I would be close, and it was just two years of losing and losing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Interestingly, Serena Williams often felt the same way about the seven-time major winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was playing you, it was like I don\u2019t know if I can win. I might, I might not. If Venus is playing the way I know she can play. Serving and moving, I was like I have to wait for her to make a mistake and just outlast her,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat became my strategy in some matches. It was like if I can just hang in there, and if she misses or something happens, I can maybe win. I never played any opponent like that. Ever.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew every other opponent I could be more aggressive, I was stronger, I was faster, I could serve better. But it was like I was playing myself in a way, but you were taller and stronger. I always felt that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans who watched their matches won\u2019t forget the many legendary battles between two of the greatest players in the history of American tennis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams enjoyed a legendary rivalry with her sister on the WTA Tour. The Williams sisters played 31…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[6542,99,428,9518,654],"class_list":{"0":"post-164408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-serena-williams","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-venus-williams","12":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Photo credit should read DON EMMERT\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n