Venus Williams hits record serve in win over Martinez Sanchez at Wimbledon

With these high gas prices the speed of that serve wouldn't be suggested if her arm was a car. Whoa!!!!



LONDON - No slow start for Venus Williams this time.

After struggling in tight first sets in her opening two matches, the defending champion moved quickly to defeat Spanish qualifier Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1, 7-5 Saturday and advance to the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Williams served out the match at love, finishing with a 127-mile-an-hour delivery - the fastest recorded by a woman at Wimbledon - for her 11th ace.

"Yeah, 127 is a good way to end it," said Williams, who holds the WTA Tour record at 129 m.p.h