Venus won 6-4, 7-5 on Friday at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club . She appeared loose during play, dancing at an intermission, joking with the umpire and playfully teasing her sister.
Venus says her win shows that 2013 “is going to be a great year.”
As both sisters exchanged heart breaking strokes, the fans yelled on top of their voices showing that Nigerians really enjoyed the game played by the American tennis champions.
It was gathered that the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club recorded its best ever attendance for the first time since it came into existence in 1895, although the event was poorly managed by the organisers.
Both Serena and Venus with their mother, Oracene Price, were honoured by the management of the club before the epic match, while the sisters also played an exhibition doubles match with two Nigerian kids, Olawale and Gloria.
Serena, 31, cut a frustrated figure on court and hit a ball against the back wall in anger at one point.
But she could not help but laugh when a man in the crowd held up up a sign that read: “I am the Nigerian husband Serena never had.”
The sisters after the match signed autographs for Lagos fans after which they left for the second leg of their Africa tour in South Africa.