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By Clive White "It didn't work out as I planned," said Serena Williams, an innocent post-match remark to the BBC's Sue Barker that could have been meant for the conspiracist, Elena Dementieva. If this result was pre-arranged, as the beaten Russian semi-finalist seemed to imply it would be, the Williams sisters should have received Oscars as well as the Venus Rosewater dish and runners-up plate. That said, rarely has a Wimbledon final been contested more furiously yet watched with such total detachment by a Centre Court crowd, save perhaps for when they last contested a final here five years ago. No doubt they enjoyed the spectacle and at 1hr 51min certainly got their money's worth, but no one, other than the two players on court, cared who won - and that probably included their mother Oracene and sisters Isha and Lynn. "It's... [read full story]
