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
Like anyone else, I enjoy my days off.
You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.
We play similar games, ... We're good at covering the court and hitting hard. What's different is I'm able to play that game a little better, serve and return better, run a few more balls down. Usually when we play, I'm able to play that same game, but I step up more.
We played all kinds of games like bobbing for apples, ... I don't get to do that, it was amazing. I took it so seriously.
We want to be treated equally as the men. This is not just about women's tennis, but women all over the world.
That's fine because then people will be , 'okay, well, she won't be able to run'. That's a great position to be in.
You never know what life is going to throw at you and each and every day I just expect the sun to come up, that's all, these days.
There were a lot of factors that I don't think I need to get into, ... Basically, she was just better on the days that we did play.
This is not just about women's tennis but about women all over the world. At Wimbledon we would like to have equal prize money to prove that we are equal on all fronts. We will keep lobbying on the matter.
This is perfect for us because obviously we haven't played the last few weeks of the season. To be able to kind of test out ourselves and also to try new techniques just gets me really excited for next year. I'd like to be more aggressive on the court, but more than anything, I'd like to stay healthy next year.