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Richard Williams, father to Serena and Venus Williams, of the United States, watches the women's doubles championship at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.

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Richard Williams, father to Serena and Venus Williams, of the United States, video tapes their warm-up before the women's doubles championship at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.

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Richard Williams,lft, joins his daughter Serena Williams of the United States, on the practice court at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009.

Richard Williams (L) and his partner watch the final match between his daughter Venus Williams of the U.S. and Virginie Razzano of France at the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships February 21, 2009.

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WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Father Richard Williams and mother Oracene Williams of Venus Williams of USA prior to the women's singles semi final match against Dinara Safina of Russia on Day Ten of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club...

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Richard Williams, (L) father of Serena Williams of the US, celebrates with partner Lakeisha Graham after Serena beat Russia's Elena Dementieva 6-7, 7-6, 8-6 during a Women's Semi-Final match in the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on...

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WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Richard Williams celebrates as Serena Williams of USA is victorious during the women's singles semi final match against Elena Dementieva of Russia on Day Ten of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July...

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WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Richard Williams and Lakeisha Graham react as Serena Williams of USA competes during the women's singles semi final match against Elena Dementieva of Russia on Day Ten of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club...

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Father of Venus and Serena, Richard Williams (L) has something removed from his eye by Lakeisha Graham during play between Serena and Russia's Elena Dementieva in their semi final match on Day 10 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on July 2, 2009. The event,...

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Richard Williams, father of US tennis player Venus Williams, applauds as his daughter plays against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in a Women's Quarter Final match of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on June 30, 2009.

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Richard Williams, father of Venus Williams of U.S. watch her play Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain during their third round match on centre court at Wimbledon, Saturday, June 27, 2009.

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Richard Williams, (L) father of US tennis player Venus Williams, sits with Lakeisha Graham as they watch Venus play against Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in the third round of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on June 27, 2009.

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Richard Williams, the father of tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, is pictured on the first day of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, west London on June 22, 2009.

Richard Williams of the U.S. , father of Serena and Venus, watches his daughters during a training session at Wimbledon in London June 21, 2009.

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Richard Williams photograph his daughters Venus and Serena Williams play Anna-Lena Groenfeld of Germany and Vania King of USA during their doubles match against on court No. 2 at Wimbledon, Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

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Richard Williams, father of Serena Williams of U.S. watch her play Roberta Vinci of Italy in their third round singles match at Wimbledon, Friday, June 26, 2009.

Richard Williams (R), along with his friend Lakeisha Graham, watches his daughter Serena Williams of the U.S. play her quarter-final match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 3, 2009.

Richard Williams (top R), father of U.S tennis player Serena Williams, friend Lakeisha Graham (top, C) and Venus Williams (2nd row, C) attend the match between Serena and Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 1, 2009.

Richard Williams (R), father of Serena Williams of the U.S. , watches his daughter play against Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris May 30, 2009. At left is friend Lakeisha Graham.

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Richard Williams, left, father of U.S. tennis players Serena and Venus Williams, and an unidentified woman watch a second round match between Spain's Virginia Ruano Pascual and Serena Williams at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Thursday May 28, 2009.

Richard Williams (L), father of Venus Williams of the U.S. , watches his daughter playing against Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 28, 2009.

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PARIS - MAY 28: Serena Williams of the USA trains as her father Richard Williams looks on during day five of the French Open at Roland Garros on May 28, 2009 in Paris, France.

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Richard Williams, the father of U.S. tennis player Venus Williams, watches his daughters second round match against Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday May 27, 2009.

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KEY BISCAYNE, FL - APRIL 01: Richard Williams watches as his daughter Venus Williams plays against Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic during day ten of the Sony Ericsson Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 1, 2009 in Key Biscayne, Florida.

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Lakeisha Graham (Front C) supports Serena Williams of the US as she plays against Russia's Elena Dementieva during a Women's Semi-Final match in the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on July 2, 2009. Seated to Graham's left is Serena's...