It's the start of the third Grand Slam of the 2015 tennis season in London, known to the world as The Championships, but what I call on these electronic pages 'Williams'-don.It will run from today until July 12, and the start of it was delayed a week to give players time to adjust to grass from the clay surfaces of Roland Garros.
The All England Club has been such a personal playground for both Venus and Serena they have won a combined ten Ladies Singles titles, five Ladies doubles titles and the 2012 London Games singles and doubles gold medals on those hallowed grass surface courts that seem to be tailor made for their power tennis games.
But the last time world number one Serena took the Venus Rosewater Dish home was in 2012, and Venus' last win was in 2008.
You can bet both sisters wish to change that dynamic. Serena lost last year in a third round three set upset loss to Aliza Cornet, and in 2013 lost a three set battle in the fourth round to runner up Sabine Lisicki.
Venus is hoping that she can get back to playing the consistent tennis she needs to play to make a deep run in a Grand final again.
We will find out as the Wimbledon fortnight progresses.
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