Venus likes to give the impression that she’s so great, that she’s ‘Da bomb’, or whatever.” “At least she can bring herself to say hi. “Serena’s more friendly,” said Davenport in the 2000 book Venus Envy. Her presence allowed her younger sister to thrive, while rivals resented her for it.
She was first of the two to turn professional and she willingly absorbed the first blows that the world swung at them. She set the tone, dashing around the court at warp speed, chest puffed out. Venus is widely considered the more mellow of the two, but when they arrived on tour it was the elder Williams who radiated swagger and confidence. Venus and Serena Williams were hailed as future stars from an early age. But the most impressive thing about Gauff was the composure and intelligence with which she carried herself to victory. Her serve is already lethal, while her hooked topspin forehand and her backhand tore through the Wimbledon grass. Gauff’s story was almost too good to be true: a teenager beating her hero in her grand slam debut. The 15-year-old promptly dismantled her 6-4, 6-4. On Monday afternoon, Williams faced the latest player she has influenced, Cori Gauff. She has lost to Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka in recent years.
In the decades since, Williams and her sister Serena have seen a talented generation of black women players emerge, even if Venus has sometimes suffered at their hands. If they see me on TV : ‘Who is this? This is Venus? She plays tennis? I’ve never seen a girl playing tennis.’” It’s mostly because tennis is kind of an expensive sport at times … I think I’ve really helped bring it. “Generally, you don’t see too many black people playing tennis, not on the tour, not anywhere you go really. “I think that I’ve had a good effect,” she said. T wenty-two years ago in Indian Wells, a 16-year-old Venus Williams, still ranked only 211th in the world, was reeling from a brutal loss to Lindsay Davenport when she was asked about the impact she had already left on young black women in tennis.
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