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Venus and Serena, Back for Yet Another Encore

It remains both a blessing and a curse that Venus and Serena Williams grew up in the same household with the same Technicolor tennis dreams.

A blessing because they have always had each other for support and inspiration as a seemingly outlandish plan by their father, Richard, to make them the best players in the world turned into reality.

A curse because they knew, even as preteens, that they would eventually have to face each other with cameras rolling and mixed emotions surfacing.

Serena Williams after her victory over Venus in the 2003 Australian Open final.