Unforgettable Sports Siblings

The Williams sisters made the sports headlines yet again. In the recently held Wimbledon Tennis Tournament (22nd June to 5th July), Venus Williams, the elder sister and Serena Williams, the younger, faced each other in the final again. They had met each other in the previous Wimbledon finals 7 times in 9 years! That was not an easy feat to accomplish. This time around, yet again, both of them combined in the women’s double and emerged champions, playing on the same day as their singles final! In the singles final, Serena had beat her elder sister to capture the prestigious Wimbledon Cup. It is noteworthy to point out that they had combined and won the women’s doubles title 3 times previously in the Wimbledon Tennis Tournaments. They would surely go into the history books, if they had not done that already.

Malaysia, too, is no stranger in producing famous siblings of sports. Who can forget the legends in the badminton arena, of brothers Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek in the men’s doubles? The brothers won 29 international double titles in the eighties. Malaysia took one step further by having another sibling together in the tournaments. He was no other than the charismatic Misbun Sidek, the famous singles player of the badminton world of the time. He captured 13 international singles titles during the same era of the other two brothers. If that was not enough following them later into the nineties was a younger brother, Rashid Sidek displaying his prowess in the singles, beating the best in world of badminton of his time! He has 12 singles titles under his belt. Then there was Rahman Sidek, the last of the Sidek brothers. Though he was not very well known in the international arena of badminton he made a name for himself domestically, winning the local championships. Five internationally distinguished brothers in one sport in just a decade. That is a world record of sort.

pic :The Sidek brothers(from left to right)Misbun, Rahman, Razif, Rashid, Jalani(http://www.viweb.freehosting.net/viig_sidek-bros.htm)