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| Serena Williams has beaten her sister and the 2008 champion, Venus, in straight sets to take the Wimbledon women's singles competition for the third time. After a nail-biting first set, which went to a tie-break, Serena easily overcame her elder sister in the second winning it 6-2. In a post-match interview, she thanked her God, Jehovah, and said she couldn't believe she was holding the trophy and not her sister. The two have dominated Wimbledon in recent years. In addition to last year, Venus won in 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007. Serena has previously taken the title in 2002 and 2003. Later in the day, the pair went on to beat Australians Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur in the ladies' doubles final. All eyes are now on the men's competition where world number two, Roger Federer, will try to set a new landmark for men's tennis when he takes on American Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon final later today. The 27-year-old Swiss hopes to win a sixth Wimbledon title and so break Pete Sampras's all-time Grand Slam mark with a record 15th major victory.
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