Both the Williams sisters won their round-robin matches on Wednesday at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha.

Third-seeded Serena saw her first action of the week and moved to 1-0 in the four-player Maroon Group with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Russian Dinara Safina, who is a disappointing 0-2 already this week. Safina lost to Venus Williams on Tuesday.

In another Maroon Group match, seventh-seeded Venus defeated fifth-seeded Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva 6-4 4-6 6-3. Venus is now 2-0 and appears well on her way to the semifinals, while Dementieva fell to 0-1.

On Thursday the Williams sisters will play each other. Serena is 9-8 all-time against her older sister, including a 2-1 record this year. The two have never met at the season-ending Championships.

Besides the clash of Venus and Serena Williams, the Sony Ericsson Championships will feature the following matches on Thursday: Jelena Jankovic vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Dinara Safina vs. Elena Dementieva. (photos: Getty Images)

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Serena Williams enriched her official website with some knew photos, including these from the celebration of Halloween.

Serena’s costume is very odd, don’t you agree? I’m not sure what it represents. Can anyone help? Why would she be almost naked, holding a tennis racquet? Read more »

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American Serena Williams is making her return to the Perth Hopman Cup in 2009, teamed up with James Blake, with whom she won the tournament in 2003.

Williams will make her third appearance at the Hopman Cup, where she has never lost a match. Last year, nine-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams won the title in Perth, partnered with Mardy Fish, so she will be defending her title in 2009.

Here are the Hyundai Hopman Cup teams in seeded order:

(1) USA: Serena Williams and James Blake
(2) Russia: Dinara Safina and Marat Safin
(3) France: Alize Cornet and Gilles Simon
(4) Australia: Casey Dellacqua and Lleyton Hewitt
(5) Italy: Flavia Pennetta and Simone Bolelli
(6) Germany: Sabine Lisicki and Nicolas Kiefer
(7) Slovak Republic: Dominika Cibulkova and Dominik Hrbaty
(8) Winner Asian Hopman Cup (The Asian Hopman Cup will be played November 12-15 in Kazakhstan.)

The Hyundai Hopman Cup is the Official Mixed Teams Championship of the International Tennis Federation. The 21st one will take place at the Burswood Dome from 3 – 9 January 2009. (source: Hyundai Hopman Cup)

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Venus and Serena Williams are serving up champion style in the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

The sisters, who have 16 Grand Slam singles titles between them, posed in high heels and dresses by designers such as Louis Vuitton, Versace, Ralph Lauren and others. Read more »

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Serena Williams was spotted on the Hawaiian waves, surfing with her rapper boyfriend Common.

The tennis star is currently on a break from the WTA Tour, nursing an ankle injury. Haha, I didn’t know surfing was good for healing ankles! Well, Maria Sharapova has already taught us that "injury" often means "don't want to play".

Serena exchanged playing tennis for riding on the waves of love. Who can blame her.

See more photos and even a video of Serena surfing after the cut. Read more »

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