The Williams sisters confidently advanced to the third round of the Beijing Olympics.

Serena Williams beat Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-0 in just 44 minutes dropping only six points on her serve in the match. From 2-2, the fourth-seeded Williams won 40 of the final 49 points and 10 consecutive games. In addition, she lost only five points in the second set.

Sister Venus, seeded seventh, soon joined Serena with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. Venus didn’t face one break points in the match, and lost only two of 24 points on her first serve.

The Williams sisters are playing doubles together at the Beijing Olympics. They are supposed to play their first match on Tuesday night. Venus and Serena won the gold in doubles at Sydney in 2000.

In singles, Serena will next face France’s Alize Cornet, while Venus will play Victoria Azarenka.

Additional info: No matter how well Serena was moving on the court, after the match she almost fell into the photographers' pit while signing autographs. Oops. Luckily, she didn't get hurt. (source: ESPN, photos: Getty Images)

Photographer Koto Bolofo did a stunning set of photos of Venus Williams which are displayed in a book called Venus Williams (you remember, I’ve already written about it).

Now I’ve come across even more of these beautiful photos which portray Venus and her personality from a special angle, and I also found a video of Venus and Koto talking about the project. Two more pictures after the cut. Read more »

Recently-recrowned Wimbledon queen Venus Williams appears in the August issue of Shape magazine where she reveals that her sister Serena is her biggest inspiration and also says that practice is the key to success.

Here’s what Venus said about Serena's influence:

"Without her, I couldn't have achieved anything. She's helped me believe in myself." Serena loves to give Venus little sayings to remember, such as, 'If you take your opportunities, more opportunities will come.' "That got me through one final at Wimbledon," recalls Venus.

The five-time Wimbledon champion believes that practice is the pillar of confidence and says: "You have to practice to develop your talents and learn to enjoy putting the effort in." (via Down the Line)

Wimbledon 2008 singles champion Venus Williams, who won her fifth title at the grass-court Grand Slam, attended the Champions Dinner which was held at the Hotel Intercontinental, Park Lane, on July 6 in London.

Don't forget that Venus also won the ladies' doubles title with sister Serena at Wimbledon 2008. (photos via Yahoo)

Eleventh-seeded Venus and Serena Williams defeated sixteenth-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-2 and won their third Wimbledon doubles title.

That is Venus' and Serena's seventh Grand Slam doubles title, and they have an amazing 7-0 record in Grand Slam doubles finals.

The sisters have added the Wimbledon 2008 title to the ones from the years 2000 and 2002. In addition, Venus and Serena have today scored their 100th victory together. (photo via Yahoo)

Congratulation to the Williams sisters who won the Wimbledon doubles title only hours after their fantastic encounter in the singles final.