Bebe Akinboade

WILLIAMS SISTERS WIN 6TH WIMBLEDON DOUBLES TITLE

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American tennis sisters, Venus and Serena  celebrate victory in the Ladies Doubles Final against Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 9, 2016 in London, England.

Serena Williams on Saturday put the icing on the cake of another magnificent Wimbledon campaign by teaming up with sister Venus for a sixth doubles crown.

The win was Serena’s second Wimbledon title within five hours, with victory earlier in the women’s singles at the All England Club.

The pair won 6-3 6-4 against Timea Babosand Yaroslava Shvedova to claim their sixth Wimbledon doubles title and 14th doubles Grand Slam.

The win is their first in Grand Slam doubles since Wimbledon 2012.

Serena has now won both the Wimbledon singles and doubles (with Venus) in the same year on four occasions.

For Venus it was a consolation after she lost to Kerber in Thursday’s singles semi-finals.

Way to go girls! Congrats.

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