| March was a trying month for the famous dynamic | | | | in Florida in late March, while Serena Williams bowed |
| duo of tennis, sisters Serena and Venus Williams. | | | | out of the Nasdaq Open in Miami due to a knee injury. |
| Through the death of a beloved relative and injuries on | | | | While times are tough, the sisters shouldn't throw in the |
| the court, the queens of the court have held together | | | | towel. The duo has become a single element for |
| and remained the depiction of a close, sisterly bond. | | | | success. They have won 11 major single titles between |
| On March 23, Robert Maxfield, a member of the Crips | | | | them. |
| gang, pleaded no contest in the 2003 shooting of the | | | | In 1999, they became the first sisters to win a Grand |
| pros' sister Yetunde Price. Price was sitting in a vehicle | | | | Slam crown together in the 20th century by winning |
| with her boyfriend when Maxfield took her life, | | | | the French Open doubles title; and by playing together |
| allegedly believing the car encased members of a rival | | | | in the finals of the 2001 US Open, the marked history in |
| gang. | | | | being the first sisters to have made it to the finals of a |
| Physically, both had to side-step their love of the game | | | | Grand Slam tournament. The sisters are no shadow in |
| due to injuries sustained on the court. A ligament sprain | | | | Hollywood's limelight either. They filmed their reality |
| forced Venus to withdraw from the Nasdaq 100 Open | | | | show Venus and Serena: For Real in 2005. |