07 July 2002, By Richard Quest, CNN WIMBLEDON, England -- Serena Williams took her first Wimbledon tennis crown Saturday, topping her sister Venus 7-6, 6-3 on the grass court. Venus had won the tournament for the past two years. Serena has won the last two Grand Slam tournaments, including the French Open. CNN Correspondent Richard Quest was at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, and he filed this report: QUEST: We had some splendid tennis taking place on Centre Court just behind me. Any allegations or questions or suggestions that the Williams sisters weren't going to go out and attack each other on the court, we can put that to rest. The tennis has been fast and furious. Venus Williams at one stage broke her sister's serve in the 10th game of the first set. The two of them were serving and volleying and rallying extremely powerfully. And because they both have the same style of tennis, to a certain extent, pushing the ball to the very back of the court, forcing their opponent to the baseline, there were some tremendous rallies between both Venus and Serena. Venus was defending her championship title here. She was going for a third championship in a row, a feat not accomplished since Steffi Graf did it in the early 1990s. But Serena had actually won against her sister more times in recent matches. Over the eight times that they've met in a Grand Slam tournament, Venus Williams has won five and Serena three. But those three have been the most recent three. One of Serena's fastest serves on Centre Court today behind me was 110 miles an hour. Now, that is formidable. That's the sort of serving speed that one would expect to see in perhaps the men's finals, in the men's championships. I know that when I saw Serena Williams play earlier in the week, when she was playing against Amelie Mauresmo from France, when I saw that game, I mean, you saw that ball coming toward you, I'd run in the opposite direction, never mind stand there and try and hit it back. But Venus Williams has hit it back on numerous occasions. The father of the sisters, Richard Williams, isn't here, he's not well at the moment. The mother, with her rather bright Afro, she was here. She's was in the special enclosure. I think there must be the most phenomenal pride, because, you see, not only are the Williams sisters playing excellent tennis, everybody to a person here agrees they are lovely people, they're well-rounded people. We've seen Serena Williams in the break between games, sitting and praying. You don't see that every day on the Wimbledon Centre Court. Previous Page | Continue... NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.