Tweets of the Week: Serena vs. Venus
With cameos from Gael Monfils and Jelena Jankovic.
One of the tropes commonly trotted out about matches between Venus and Serena Williams in the past week was this: Venus hadn't beaten her younger sister since 2009. After doing just that in three sets Saturday, Venus told Tennis Channel's Rennae Stubbs, "Yeah, it's been a minute. I don't think we've played that often ..." And the 34-year-old was correct. Though they faced off in singles matches five times in 2009, until Saturday, they had played just once since then, a forgettable thrashing that Serena delivered in the Family Circle Cup semifinals in 2013.
With that said, here's a smattering of this week's top tweets, ranging from thoughts on #SerenaVenusXXV to Ivo Karlovic continuing his deft social-media presence. It should go without saying that Jelena Jankovic and Gael Monfils make cameos herein:
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