Wimbledon and Australian Open runner-up Venus Williams is preparing this week for the US Open and to become a new aunt with sister Serena giving birth to a baby soon.<\/p>\n
Ninth-ranked Venus advanced Tuesday to the second round at the WTA Cincinnati Open by eliminating US compatriot Alison Riske 6-2, 6-0 in 66 minutes.<\/p>\n
But off the court, she\u2019s doing some online shopping for Serena\u2019s baby, and getting some valuable advice from her mother, Oracene Price, who has raised five daughters.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI have a lot of things in my cart that I\u2019m about to order,\u201d Venus Williams said. \u201cI talked to my mom yesterday. I\u2019m like, \u2018Mom, what do you really, really need?\u2019 So she really gave me the low-down.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I\u2019m going to get this stuff and as things progress I\u2019ll see what I need after.\u201d<\/p>\n
Serena and her fiancee, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, have said they plan to keep the sex of the baby a surprise until birth.<\/p>\n
Serena, 35, was pregnant when she beat Venus, 37, in an Australian Open final that was more all-Williams than either knew, winning a 23rd career Grand Slam singles crown, one shy of Margaret Court\u2019s all-time record.<\/p>\n
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In April, Serena revealed on social media that she was pregnant. She is expected to give birth in about another month.<\/p>\n
With Serena sidelined, seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus has picked up the family mantle and turned back the clock, making a run to the Wimbledon final last month, losing to Spain\u2019s Garbine Muguruza in a bid for her first Slam crown since 2008.<\/p>\n
Venus, who won five Wimbledon and two US Open titles, has been an aunt before, but not when she was old enough to do some serious spoiling and spending on the new arrival.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve been an aunt as an adult,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it\u2019s a completely different experience than before when I was a child.\u201d<\/p>\n
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After a third-round exit in Toronto last week, Williams hopes to put the final fine tuning on her game this week ahead of the year\u2019s final Grand Slam that begins August 28 in New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to play free and feel confident. That\u2019s important,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI need to play my best at all the big events.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday was about being measured and being patient and trying to just capitalize on the match.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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