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Vol. 5 Num 186 Wed. December 01, 2004  
   
Sports


Serena, Venus to play at HK challenge


Six-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams has confirmed she will join sister Venus to complete an impressive line-up at an annual invitational tournament in Hong Kong next year, organisers said Monday.

Williams was among four names yesterday confirmed for the sixth Watson's Water Champions Challenge in January. The others were former world number one Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, French and US Open runner-up Elena Dementieva from Russia and 15-year-old rising Czech star Nicole Vaidisova

They will join reigning Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, world number two Amelie Mauresmo, US Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova and Venus Williams, who has four-time grand slam career titles.