<div> American veteran Venus Williams became only the second tennis player in history to win five Olympic medals after reaching the mixed doubles final.<br /><br />The 36-year-old teamed up with Rajeev Ram to beat India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 2-6 6-2 10-3 in the semi-final.<br /><br />Britain's Kathleen McKane also won five medals between 1920-24.<br />Later today, Venus also bids to become the first ever tennis player to win five Olympic gold medals. She currently shares the record of four golds with her sister Serena.<br /><br />"I'm used to doing this with Serena and it's such a crazy feeling to do it with someone else," said Venus who was beaten in the first round of the singles in Rio as well as the doubles with Serena.<br /><br />"To feel what I feel with Serena, (but) with someone else, is a wild emotion and I never thought it would happen."<br /><br />Williams and Ram will face fellow Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock who beat Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).<br /><br />Williams said she was stunned to be in gold medal match as she and Ram were only teamed together at the last minute.<br /><br />"It's different. With Serena, I expect to win, I got to be honest. And we (Ram) never play together, and we didn't know how we were going to play," she explained.<br />"So the emotion is almost even bigger because you don't know what to expect."</div>
<div> American veteran Venus Williams became only the second tennis player in history to win five Olympic medals after reaching the mixed doubles final.<br /><br />The 36-year-old teamed up with Rajeev Ram to beat India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 2-6 6-2 10-3 in the semi-final.<br /><br />Britain's Kathleen McKane also won five medals between 1920-24.<br />Later today, Venus also bids to become the first ever tennis player to win five Olympic gold medals. She currently shares the record of four golds with her sister Serena.<br /><br />"I'm used to doing this with Serena and it's such a crazy feeling to do it with someone else," said Venus who was beaten in the first round of the singles in Rio as well as the doubles with Serena.<br /><br />"To feel what I feel with Serena, (but) with someone else, is a wild emotion and I never thought it would happen."<br /><br />Williams and Ram will face fellow Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock who beat Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).<br /><br />Williams said she was stunned to be in gold medal match as she and Ram were only teamed together at the last minute.<br /><br />"It's different. With Serena, I expect to win, I got to be honest. And we (Ram) never play together, and we didn't know how we were going to play," she explained.<br />"So the emotion is almost even bigger because you don't know what to expect."</div>