The Williams sisters. They're the yin and the yang of one another. Different in their outlook, but linked by the past and a sisterly bond.Serena Williams, of course, has been the unquestionable North Star of this U.S. Open. After announcing plans to "evolve" out of tennis after she has hit her final ball, she is the darling of the event and the entire world of tennis being praised and celebrated and bathed in sparkles and diamonds for her swan song.Venus Williams, who is the pioneer and more experienced of the two, has voluntarily accepted the background, like it has been since Serena took on the role of most famous and accomplished sister.But the years that have passed by for Venus are piling up and her standing still stuck in the 1500s it could be her final match, too.Venus took to the court for her first-round match this week with the statuesque, Zen-like calmness which has been her signature for years. Through an error-prone loss played before a quiet, half-full Arthur Ashe Stadium, Venus's bearing never broke.At nearly every moment of her loss, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), to Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium She was the epitome of shoulders-back-supination, chin-up.
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