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Saturday, 6 July, 2002, 22:08 GMT 23:08 UK
Williams' domination continues
The Williams sisters are in another Grand Slam final
Serena and Venus Williams will appear in their second Wimbledon final in two days after winning their women's doubles semi-final on Saturday.
Only two hours after Serena had secured her first Wimbledon singles title, defeating Venus, the sisters beat Anna Kournikova and Chanda Rubin. The world's top two tennis players saw off their opponents 6-7 6-0 6-3 to head back to the Centre Court and contest another trophy on Sunday. They will face French Open champions Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain and Paola Suarez of Argentina on Sunday.
The Williams sisters won the Wimbledon doubles title in 2000, and they have already claimed a career doubles Grand Slam, including Olympic gold.
Serena said: "I would like to win the doubles, not because of Venus, but just for me, too. "I don't like losing at all. I never have and I probably never will. "I want to go home with two trophies. We're going to really go out there and fight. We've won before and want to do it again. "It's the final of Wimbledon again and I'm out there for me and for Venus." Venus and Serena lost the first set when Kournikova made three well-angled volley winners in the tie-break. Sad Kournikova But the sisters broke Rubin's serve to start the second set. It ended with an ace by Venus. They then took control in the third set. Kournikova's double fault gave them a 4-3 lead, and they won the last 14 points of the match. And Kournikova's disappointing Wimbledon continued when she teamed up with Swedish partner Jonas Bjorkman in their quarter-final. The seventh seeds were defeated 6-4 6-2 by third-seeded Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Russia's Elena Likhovtseva. Kournikova's miserable tournament ended when she double-faulted in her final service game to end all hopes of a Wimbledon title this year.
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