Welcome To 'Williams'-don 2009

It's late June, and that means to a tennis fan it's time to break out the strawberries and cream. The 2009 Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club have started.

Despite another frustrating trip to Paris last month for Venus and Serena, the Williams sisters are favorites to take another Venus (Williams) Rosewater Dish back to the States.

Wimbledon has been their personal playground over the last decade. Venus has won five Wimbledon titles since 2000, including the 2007 and 2008 ones.

The sisters have played each other in two previous Wimbledon finals besides the 2008 one. Little Sis won the two previous title matchups in 2002 and 2003.

The Williams sisters are on opposite sides of the ladies singles draw (hallelujah) and could potentially meet in the finals. They are the defending ladies doubles champions and will be heavily favored to repeat.

The tradition drenched All England Club will be the venue for the 2012 Olympics tennis competition. That's a fact which probably hasn't escaped the defending doubles gold medallists from the Beijing Games attention.

Centre Court will also be sporting a brand new retractable roof, so bye bye rain delays.

The Championships begin play June 22 and run through July 5. Do my favorite tennis playing sisters have enough game to make it back to Centre Court for the ladies singles and doubles championship matches?

Well find out over the next two weeks.