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Williams Sisters
to Star in
Reality Show
(AP)- Serena and Venus Williams will be starring
in their version of a tennis reality show. The sisters’
off-court lives - their family, friends and the glamour
of big-time tennis - will be featured in a six-episode
show that is still untitled but set to premiere on A BC
Family in July, it was announced Monday.
“The series will provide our fans with an up-
close, inside look at our lives away from the tennis
courts,” Venus Williams said.
The sisters have won 11 major single titles be­
tween them and are competing at the N asdaq-100
Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Serena is ranked No. 4
in the world and Venus is No. 9.
Serena Williams said she and her sister welcome
the chance to “branch out into a new medium.”
Venus Williams.athree-time Key Biscayne cham­
pion, will play Maria Sharapova in a semifinal soon.
Williams advanced on March 29 by ending a streak sisters had together since Wimbledon 2003.
“It’s all business when we play each other, there’s no
o f six consecutive losses to her sister, beating
Serena 6-1, 7-6 (8). This was the first match the kidding around out there,” said Serena. “I wish it was later
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in the tournament but at least one o f us is going to make the semi-finals.
I always say, whoever I play and even if I’ve beaten hera million times,
that it’s a new day and a new match.”