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Losing to big sister Venus little solace for Serena

By Sandra Harwitt
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, July 6, 2008

WIMBLEDON, England -- Serena Williams hates to lose. This is not a well-kept secret. Her attitude after a big defeat confirms it. A lioness who survives to hunt each opponent as prey, Serena's competitive heart just doesn't compute allowances for failure. Even her family confirms, the concept of being checkmated is the bane of Serena's existence. In fact, her relatives willingly take much of the blame for her inability to deal with defeat as an outgrowth of them always spoiling her as th ...

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