Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williamsis an American professional tennis player, who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 6 in singles as of July 25, 2016. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002, becoming the first black American woman to achieve this feat during the Open Era...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth17 June 1980
CityLynwood, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The reason I don't watch the news is because I don't like violence. My life has been touched by violence. When you watch the news, all you hear is reports of violence, ... So that's why, you know, I don't expose myself to that because it's heart-wrenching and terrible.
This was my opportunity, I should take it.
We were very sad when we heard the draw, ... I want her to win as much as me. It was distracting for both of us.
We're two different people, two different players with different lives, ... But we support each other.
When she doesn't play her best is the best time to get a win against her,
Fingers crossed. Injuries are part of sport, but right now: solid.
But just to have Maria and myself here was a really special thing.
It was a comedy of errors, ... She's definitely a good player but I don't think she came out there and beat me. I just kept making error after error.
It's what we thought we would always do, so it's a wonderful thing.
It's a lot of hard work to go to win the title and making these things happen,
It's always hard to recover after a loss. . . . I have to know when it's time to step up, not to revert back to bad habits but to keep ahead with the good ones.
It's always nice to go into a match thinking you have the edge, ... Even if I don't have the edge, I'll have to try to tell myself that I do.
It's easy to fumble and easy to self-destruct in those kind of conditions.
It's become a legend in our house, it's hard to separate myth from reality about this tournament,