Now 31 and 32 years old, Serena and Venus Williams are still major forces in the tennis world, but even when they were 11 and 12, their father Richard knew that sporting success and million-dollar earnings were treasured in his daughters. Enjoy the above 20-year-old video of the sisters!

I would highlight the interview with Richard, when he predicts that Serena would grow into a more successful player than Venus, among other things due to her nature of being "like a pit bull", as once she gets hold of you she doesn't let go. I like to compare her to tornado, but her father was even more illustrative. As for Venus, Richard described her as having been born with four crucial qualities of a champion: being rough, tough, strong and mentally unbelievably sound. Read more »

It's time for our traditional Grand Slam fashion overview! Unlike in previous years, we will start by looking at the less known brands that made an impact at the 2013 Australian Open and we'll leave the giants such as Nike and Adidas for the end of the article.

German Mona Barthel followed her Hobart run to the finals with a first-round 7-5 2-6 6-4 defeat to Ksenia Pervak at the Australian Open, but she left in style, wearing a gracious dress from Denise Cronwall's 2013 collection. Cronwall's designs are always feminine and romantic and even though this dress doesn't have the designer's signature lace and flower patterns, the wavy seam brings about the recognizable elegant feel.

Another young star Camila Giorgi also had a brief appearance at Melbourne Park, but as always she engraved her fashion mark with a colorful and cheerful outfit that perfectly complements her age and beauty.

Venus Williams is slowly spreading her line and is not the only one wearing her clothes on the tennis courts any more. World No.166, former No.25, Jarmila Gajdosova switched from Lacoste to EleVen and proudly sported the peach and white Oh&Oh tank and a matching skirt. Venus herself is working a dress with watercolor print and thin black contrast binding at the bust, waistline, and shoulders.

Compare Australian Open fashion from previous years:

• 2012
• 2011

Two more fashion switches at this Australian Open are Julia Goerges, who came to Fila from Nike, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, who replaced Fila with Qiaodan. Goerges' Fila debut is all blue: the German was wearing separates from spring 2013 Center Court Collection. Notice that her manicure is perfectly blending with the outfit. Kuznetsova was also all blue, but a different shade of blue, wearing the dress of the Chinese manufacturer. Read more »

So far in this year's fashion retrospections we've covered Nike with Maria Sharapova, Fila with Kim Clijsters and Stella McCartney by Caroline Wozniacki, and now we're proceeding with Venus Williams and her own clothing line EleVen.

Due to her autoimmune disease, Venus started the season late, in March, at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, when she relaunched EleVen and introduced us to her Spring 2012 collection with words "strong, simple and iconic" in mind, leaving the outrageous clothes behind her:

In the past, my designs were an experiment – a study. I wanted to have fun and go crazy. It was an extension of what I was wearing on the court. The Spring 2012 collection for EleVen, on the other hand, is more classic and more wearable for a greater number of people. I want people to feel they can express themselves with EleVen, no matter what their body shape is.

REMINDER OF VENUS' PAST COLLECTIONS:

2011: Shocking EleVen dresses and wardrobe mulfunction

2010: Fashion focus on EleVen clothing line

2009: EleVen throughout the season

2008: All the Eleven outfits of the year

At her first four tournaments of 2012, i.e. until the French Open, the American wore her recognizable geometric print, shown in the first photo. She alternated the print on Geo Star tanks and shorts combined with solid black or white garments. There were also the clean lines of color-block dress with minimalistic palette of black, white and pale pink and an artistic print in one quarter of the item. Read more »

The International-level title in Luxembourg may not be a milestone in Venus Williams' career who had won 43 titles before the tournament, including seven Grand Slams, but in the circumstances of her injuries the past two years, the Sjogren's syndrome diagnosis and the title drought dating back to February 2010, the former world No.1 can be delighted with a comeback to the winner's circle.

To win her 44th career title, Venus beat Belinda Bencic in the first round, ninth seed Mona Barthel in the second, in the quarterfinals took out top seed Roberta Vinci, the only seed left at the tournament at that stage, fought for more than two and a half hours against Andrea Petkovic in the semis and finally beat Monica Niculescu, whose only two WTA finals came in Luxembourg and last year she was defeated by Victoria Azarenka in the title match.

Venus beat Niculescu 6-2 6-3, but the scoreline suggests an easier match than it really was. Venus had to stay focused and return the persistent shots of Niculescu for one hour and 23 minutes. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

While the action is still heating up in Moscow, where top seeds are enjoying their first-round byes, the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open is in full swing.

Top seed and 2010 Luxembourg champion Roberta Vinci came through with a bizarre victory over Olga Govortsova, bageling the Belarusian in the first and third sets, but getting crushed in between. In the two sets Vinci won, Govortsova won six and nine points on her serve, while in the second set of the match Govortsova converted all three of her break opportunities and we got the score 6-0 2-6 6-0. Vinci is world No.15 in singles, while in doubles she's a fresh No.1, as of this week.

Second seed Julia Goerges stormed past Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-2 6-1, hitting nine aces and losing just nine points in eight service games. It's a perfect revenge for Goerges, who has recently suffered an agonizing 1-6 7-6(5) 6-2 loss to the Spaniard in Seoul, after being a set and a break up. Read more »