Venus Williams hopes to be mom like Serena
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the eighth-seeded venus has a bye through the first round and will face either qualifier monica niculescu or sorana cirstea in the second round1 venus williams says she hopes to one day follow in the footsteps of her younger sister serena and experience motherhood1 she does everything for the baby. other than that she stays the same1 if it happens then i have a good example to follow1 this week marks the return of serena to the wta tour a little under 190 days since the birth of baby alexis1 both sisters are competing in the wta indian wells tournament and they landed in the same portion of the draw meaning they could face each other in the third round1 serena 36 will need to get through her first round match against 53rd ranked zarina diyas and the 29th-seeded kiki bertens1 i hope i can do that if i ever get there said the 37-year-old venus on wednesday1 venus and serena are more accustomed to meeting in the finals of tournaments. if venus had any idea she and serena could meet so early in the indian wells draw she wasnt letting on1 i havent analyzed it at all venus said of the field. if i keep playing hopefully i can win1 venus reached the wimbledon final last year where she lost to champion garbine muguruza 7-5 6-01 she also made the final of the australian open and the quarterfinals in rome and at this tournament1 venus grew up just a couple hours drive away in the south central los angeles suburb of compton1 this tournament means a lot to me she said of indian wells. i dont get to play a lot in the states anymore1