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
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 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.
Serena and I are exactly the opposite of anything that ever happened before in the game. The old tennis world was pretty reserved. Serena and I are bold. We stand out. We have color. We're strong. We're pretty. We have personalities. We think things out. We're smart.
At the same time, ... I feel like I have enough experience to get here and really know what it takes every day and every match, no matter what someone brings to me.
It takes a lot of hard work to win titles,
They were always positive -- they knew I could do it, ... I would just play a terrible match and my father Richard would say the most positive things. It really helped me through a difficult time.
The first thing you hear on the news is so-and-so got gunned down; so-and-so got shot; somebody got murdered. I just can't deal with it personally.
And it was quite hot so there were a lot of factors.
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.
Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.