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At the Net: Serena eyes Wimbledon repeat

When Wimbledon gets underway next week, Serena Williams will be there as the defending champion and five-time overall winner.Will she make it victory No. 6?It's probably safe to say that a member of the "Big Three" will be presented with the Venus Rosewater Dish in a couple of weeks ... and why not?Williams, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka have combined to win the last six Grand Slam women's singles titles, and one of the three formidable ladies has been the runner-up at three of those six major events.Serena has been nothing short of incredible over the last 12 months, going 74-3 since a stunning French Open loss last June, including the biggest of championships at the French Open, U.S. Open, Wimbledon and Olympic Games. She's riding an unstoppable, career-best 31-match winning streak, 23 of which came on her "least favorite" surface, clay.The world No. 1 American great is a 16-time Grand Slam singles champ, with five of the titles coming at the venerable All England Club, where...

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