Venus Williams (right) and her sister Serena Williams, of the US, congratulate each other during a women's double match against Iveta Benesova and Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Tuesday.
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Earlier on day four of the tournament the American sisters had rolled on towards a likely gold medal showdown with easy second-round wins in the women's singles.
Spectacular opening to Beijing Olympics
Serena needed just 44 minutes to blow away Australian Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-0 and shortly afterwards on Centre Court Venus beat Czech Iveta Benesova 6-1, 6-4.
Photograph: Getty Images | Text: Reuters
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