2009年1月20日,澳网正选赛的第二个比赛日。威廉姆斯家的两姐妹在这一天都顺利地完成了各自的首轮比赛。在赛后的新闻发布会上,记者们却没有准备多少与比赛有关的话题,而是让维纳斯与塞琳娜一遍又一遍地谈论她们对同一个男人的看法。“你觉得奥巴马怎么样?”塞琳娜歪着头想了一秒钟说:“我认真地听了很多场他的演讲,其中一些观点引人入胜。”然后她又耸耸肩说:“但是,我并没有参加投票,因为我是耶和华见证会的教徒,我要保持政治中立,尽量不被卷入世俗的是非。” January 20, 2009, the Australian Open qualifying second game day. The Williams family of two sisters completed their first round of matches smoothly on this day. Instead of preparing more game-related topics at a post-game press conference, the reporters talked to Venus and Serena over and over about their perception of the same man. “” How do you think of Obama? “Serena tilted her head for a second and said:” I listened attentively to many of his speeches, some of which were fascinating. “Then she shrugged again, ”But I did not vote because I was a Jewish observer of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and I want to maintain political neutrality and try not to get caught up in the world of right and wrong.“ ”