Venus Williams Missing Her Siblings; Wishes Them National Sibling Day
Former World No. 1 and seven time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams says she is missing her sisters during the current quarantine period.
Williams posted a message on her Instagram account in which she said, "Missing my sisters. It’s only a day late, but wishing you #nationalsiblingday @serenawilliams @lyndrea_imani @ladyisha01"
Besides Serena Williams, Venus also has two half-sisters Lyndrea, and Isha Price, who have often been seen in the stands during their tennis matches.
Siblings Day is celebrated on April 10 in the United States and Canada on April 10.
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Venus has been ranked world No. 1 by the Women´s Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks and became the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era, and the second all time since Althea Gibson. She has reached 16 Grand Slam finals, most recently at Wimbledon in 2017, winning seven of them. She has also won 14 Grand Slam Women´s doubles titles, all with Serena Williams; the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals. She also has two Mixed Doubles titles.
Williams has also won four Olympic gold medals, one in singles and three in women´s doubles, along with a silver medal in mixed doubles - tying with Kathleen McKane Godfree for the most Olympic medals won by a male or female tennis player. She is the only tennis player to have won a medal at four Olympic Games.
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