Fifteen years ago on September 8, 2001, Venus and Serena Williams faced off in the first-ever all-sister US Open final. The older Williams would win 6-2, 6-4. Venus, the defending champion, was 21 ...

Sept. 10th, 2001, the day after the end of a US Open in which the singles titles were taken by Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams, was an eventful one for me. I’d been working on a profile of Lleyton ...