Three-and-a-half hours after the singles final of The Championships, the Williams sisters took Centre Court again on the same side of the net and defeated Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs of Australia 76(4) 64 to win their ninth Grand Slam doubles title.

"One out of two isn't bad," said Venus, who lost the singles final to Serena earlier in the day. "You definitely have to be focused and continue, because there's still a championship match to play. I wanted my name on the trophy. I mean, I really wanted to win the singles, but they're two separate events. If I won the singles and not the doubles it's still not the same. I tried really hard in both."

"I'm really excited to have doubles titles. I rack 'em up," Serena said. "Doubles really counts. You can see it out there. The team we played gave it their all, and we gave it our all. We wanted to win. It feels great to win the doubles. You can go home with two titles. And there's nothing like winning a title with your sister."


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Serena and Venus Williams win Wimbledon women's double final