Wimbledon and Australian Open runner-up Venus Williams is preparing this week for the US Open and to become a new aunt. Sister Serena is set to give birth soon. Ninth-ranked Venus advanced to the second round at the WTA Cincinnati Open by eliminating US compatriot Alison Riske 6-2, 6-0 in 66 minutes.

But off the court, she's doing some online shopping for Serena's baby, and getting some valuable advice from her mother, Oracene Price, who has raised five daughters. "I have a lot of things in my cart that I'm about to order," she said. "I talked to my mom yesterday. So she gave me the low-down and I'm going to get this stuff."