2011 Williams Watch-Serena's Out Of The Australian Open

I can say two things for certain as the 2011 Australian Open gets underway.  Serena Williams will not threepeat as its women's singles champion  and the Williams sisters will not repeat as the Australian Open women's doubles champs.

That's because Little Sis is still sidelined with a foot injury that has been slow to heal and will be watching Big Sis from the stands as the action gets underway Down Under at Melbourne Park.

She cut her foot on some broken glass while leaving a Munich restaurant July 7 and the foot required surgery.   She missed the 2010 US Open as a result and is now out of the Australian Open as well.

Venus is still there to represent the Williams family tennis dynasty and keep the Australian Open singles title in the family

But it won't be easy for number five world ranked Big Sis.   She's seeded fourth in this tournament and has current world number one ranked Caroline Wozniacki, Li Na, Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin on her side of the draw just for starters.

However, this is the one Grand Slam tournament that Venus hasn't won in her career, and the only time she was an Australian Open finalist she lost to Little Sis in 2003.     She made it to the quarterfinals before bowing out last year.

So it will be interesting to see what Big Sis does in this 2011 edition of the Australian Open, and I'm hoping that Little Sis will eventually show up, play some tennis and regain her Number One ranking..

2010 US Open Williams Watch-Venus Moves To Semis

it's been a struggle at times, but Big Sis has battled her way through this 201 US without her sister by her side. The doubles teams of the tennis world are breathing a sigh of relief until Little Sis' foot heals.

She got one step closer to her first US Open final since 2002 by beating 2010 French Open champ and sixth seeded Francesca Schiavione of Italy in a hard fought 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 quarterfinal match.

While her serve has been shaky for most of this tournament, she still hasn't dropped a set in advancing to her first US open semifinal since 2007.

Number 3 seeded Big Sis will take on number two seed Kim Clijsters in the semis, who survived a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 three set quarterfinal tussle with number seven seeded Aussie Samantha Stosur.

Here's hoping Big Sis has a better result against Clijsters than Serena did last year.

2010 Wimbledon Williams Watch-Serena Repeats!

6-3, 6-2. Take that Williams haters.

Serena Williams started the 2k10's the same way she and Big Sis started the last decade. She took only 67 minutes to beat down Russia's Vera Zvonareva for her third straight Wimbledon Ladies' singles title, fourth overall, and 13th for her career.

She now ranks 6th overall for Grand Slam singles title wins, passing Billie Jean King on the all time list.

Next target is Chris Evert with 18.

Little Sis won another Venus (and Serena) Rosewater Dish without dropping a set and by serving a Wimbledon record 88 aces. She had only eight in her demolition of Zvonareva, who was in her first Grand Slam final.

2010 Wimbledon Williams Watch-Serena In Finals

The haters aren't happy, but for the tenth time in eleven years, there will be a Williams sister in the Wimbledon Ladies' singles final on Saturday.

The Number One seed took out Petra Kvitova in straight sets 7-6(7-5), 6-2 to return to the final for the third straight year. She is seeking her fourth Wimbledon title and her 13th overall. All three of her previous Wimbledon titles were won against Venus in 2002, 2003 and 2009.

Serena will get a chance to exact revenge against Russia's Vera Zvonareva, who with Elena Vesnina upset her and Big Sis in the Ladies' doubles quarterfinals.

I hope she does. I was less than thrilled with the haters posting on the Wimbledon website following their quarterfinal doubles loss and posted my own comment.

I guess they'll be wearing their pointed hoods Saturday as they root for the latest Great Eastern European Tennis Glamazon Hope to attempt to derail a Williams sister from picking up another Venus and Serena Rosewater Dish.

2010 Wimbledon Williams Watch-Big Sis Out

While Little Sis was busy beating China's Li Na in straight sets, Big Sis handed a straight set Christmas gift 2-6,3-6 loss to Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova.

"I just didn't get enough balls in today," she admitted. "I had a lot of opportunities and a lot of short balls but I just seemed to hit each one out. Obviously she played well but I don't think I did anything right today."

Yeah, 29 unforced errors will pave the way for a loss big time. It also means for the first time in three years there will be no all-Williams Ladies' singles final.

Meanwhile Little Sis was cruising to the semifinals with a 7-5, 6-3 straight set victory and a semifinal meeting with the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova.

She'll face the winner of the Vera Zvonareva-Tsvetana Pironkova match. Zvonareva ousted Kim Clijsters in three sets to punch her ticket to the Ladies' singles semis.

Venus isn't done at Wimbledon yet. She can still collect a check and trophy in the doubles competition. She and Serena are still cruising through the Wimbledon Ladies' doubles competition and face the Russian duo of Elena Vesina and Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals.

2010 Wimbledon Williams Watch-Busy Day

Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II made her first Wimbledon visit in 33 years and met the current Queen of Wimbledon's Ladies' singles, Serena Williams amongst other current Wimbledon champions.

While John Isner was going through his record breaking Survivor: Wimbledon three day five set first round match with France's Nicholas Mahut that started on Tuesday and ended with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68 win on Thursday, it seemed like Serena was trying to set the record for fastest tennis match played.

She headed to Court No. 2 and dispatched Russia's Anna Chakvetadze 6-0, 6-1 in 49 minutes to move on to the third round.

Chakvetadze was once ranked Number 5 in the world, but her ranking has cratered to Number 118. This match basically let her know how far she has to go to get back to playing upper echelon tennis.

The first set took Little Sis only 23 minutes, and 26 minutes later Serena was headed to the clubhouse with a straight set victory and passage to a third round meeting with Slovakia's Dominika Cibulková.

2010 Wimbledon Williams Watch-Checking Out The Draw

The draw for The Championships as 'Williams'-don is referred to across The Pond took place Friday and we now know two things.

The first is that Big Sis and Little Sis are on opposite sides of the Ladies' Singles bracket (thank God). If both win all their matches, they could meet in the Ladies' singles finals for the third consecutive year.

2004 Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova is in Serena's section of the draw and they could potentially meet in the third round. She also has Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters on her side of the draw as well.

Venus has 2010 French Open Champ Francesca Schiavone on her side of the Ladies' singles draw with a possible meeting in the quarterfinals.

The road to Serena's fourth Ladies' single championship starts with Number one seeded Little Sis playing Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal.

Number two seeded Big Sis starts her quest for her sixth Wimbledon title with an opening round match against Paraguay's Rossana de los Ríos.

In the Ladies' doubles the Williams sisters are seeded Number one and will open their defense of their doubles title against the duo of fellow American Julie Ditty and the Czech Republic's Renata Voráčová.

If they capture this title, they would only need to win the US Open doubles crown to complete the calendar year doubles Grand Slam.