Williams Sisters complete Olympic golden sweep

Venus and Serena Williams have won the Olympic gold in women tennis doubles, repeating their feat a month ago at Wimbledon, when they both won the grand slam double.

They defeated Czech pair Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka on Sunday 6-4, 6-4.

Serena yesterday won the women’s singles, thrashing Russian, Maria Sharapova in an unforgettable 6-0, 6-1 win.

The two sisters have now become the first tennis players to win four Olympic golds

The Williams sisters had already won doubles gold together at the Sydney Games in 2000 and in Beijing in 2008, while Venus claimed the singles gold in Sydney and Serena won her first individual gold on Saturday after crushing Maria Sharapova in the women’s final.

Venus and Serena also joined Spain’s Conchita Martinez, who won silver in 1992 and 2004 and bronze in 1996, as the only tennis players to win medals at three different Olympics.