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Serena Williams to Pen Memoir

Originally posted 09/16/2008 04:45PM

Fresh off her U.S. Open win, Serena Williams is set to serve up her first memoir, which her publisher says will feature "a motivational slant."

Slated to be released in 2009 by Grand Central Publishing, the book will offer Williams's "physical and emotional setbacks," the publisher said in a statement to the Associated Press.

In 2007, Williams, 26, told PEOPLE of her temporary tennis slump a year earlier, "I went through a lot ... but I am totally on my own now. I'm always going to just be Serena."

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Venus Williams Wins Fifth Wimbledon Crown

Originally posted 07/05/2008 01:30PM

It was every Williams for themself.

Venus Williams finally got the upper hand over younger sister Serena, defeating her in two sets – 7-5, 6-4, to win her fifth Wimbledon singles crown.

Saturday’s championship battle marked the seventh time the sisters had opposed one another in a Grand Slam final, with Serena, 26, winning the last five of those matches.

After sealing the victory, Venus, 28, hugged her sister at the net and later credited her as a tough competitor. “She played so awesome so it was really a task," said the now seven-time Grand Slam champion of Serena, as reported by the BBC.

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Venus Williams Prepares to Defend Her Wimbledon Crown

Originally posted 06/23/2008 10:30AM

Tennis goes green for the next two weeks as Wimbledon starts on the lawn courts of London – and Venus Williams hopes she'll be able to claim her fifth women's title.

In fact, she says, last year's win gives her a slight mental edge.

"The advantage is that you won last year and it will never be taken away from you," Williams told reporters before the tournament began Monday. "It will always be yours, and you can hug the plate at night if it gets cold." (Venus's younger sister Serena has won the title twice. Together, they've also claimed the doubles title twice.)

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Serena Williams & Common's Cozy Miami Weekend

Originally posted 04/17/2008 10:15AM

Tennis star Serena Williams and hip-hop artist Common made no secret of their blossoming relationship this past weekend in Miami, where they went club-hopping hand-in-hand.

The new couple were spotted Saturday night holding hands at a Knight's Head Microbrew party at the South Beach haunt Mokai. Later in the evening, Williams, 26, and Common, 36, were once again spotted holding hands, trying to get into Prive nightclub – but failed since Common (wearing shorts) violated the hot spot's dress policy.

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Jen & Vince's Romantic Dinner

Originally posted 12/16/2005 06:00AM

Though the billboard for her movie Rumor Has It was prominently displayed outside Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks, Calif., inside the Mexican restaurant a much less noticeable Jennifer Aniston shared a quiet romantic dinner with beau Vince Vaughn.

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