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TOKYO, Japan - Nine of the world's Top 10 players will be in Tokyo this week for the Toray Pan Pacific Open, a $2,000,000 Premier-level tournament held on the outdoor hardcourts of the Ariake Colosseum.

Venus Williams, USA attends a press conference for the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis 2009 at Hotel Grand Pacific Le Daiba on September 25, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Dinara Safina, Russia and Venus Williams, USA

Venus Williams, USA

Ai Sugiyama, Japan

Tournament officials join Dinara Safina, Ai Sugiyama, Ayumi Morita, and Venus Williams

Dinara Safina, Russia

Dinara Safina, Russia and Venus Williams, USA

(l-r) Dinara Safina, Russia, Ai Sugiyama, Japan, Ayumi Morita, Japan and Venus Williams, USA

(l-r) Ai Sugiyma, Japan, Dinara Safina, Russia, Venus Williams, USA and Ayumi Morita, Japan

Before a packed house in the Rod Laver Arena, Americans Venus and Serena Williams captured the 2009 Australian Open doubles title. The sisters played a high-powered match that gave Japan's Ai Sugiyama and Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova very little room for success.

This victory gives the sisters their third Australian Open doubles title and 8th grand slam doubles title overall.

During the presentation ceremony Venus said, "also, thank Serena for being the best partner, I would never play with anyone else; she' amazing, I'm sure you saw her."

Post match Venus said, "I think we compliment each other on the court because we're both extremely positive. We know, when the other one moves, what the other one needs to do to compensate for that or to add to it. I think that we're so good at putting the ball away, I think it helps us so much."

Love these two!




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