Venus Williams’s early life Venus Williams was born in Lynwood, California, on June 17, 1980. She picked up a tennis racket under the tutelage of their father, Richard Williams in Compton, California. He began coaching Venus when she was four years old. Even before her and her sister's...
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams lost in the first round of her 24th appearance at the All England Club. Williams fell to the ground at Centre Court early on against Elina Svitolina, and her right knee was treated twi...
Coaches are aware she messes with Mookie's head, so they've asked two of the athletic program's administrators to step in: Alura Jenson and Dee Williams. Wait until you see how they handle Mookie! Alura and Dee's objective? Get Mookie to break up. How are the...
塞雷娜于1981年9月出生在密歇根州塞基诺市,与姐姐维纳斯(Venus Williams)、林德瑞亚、伊莎和耶唐德以及母亲奥拉西娜·普莱斯(Oracene Price)一起生活。她的父亲理查德·威廉斯(Richard Williams)在她和维纳斯蹒跚学步时就开始指导她们。 Born in September 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan and growing up in the blue colla...
To be young, gifted, black and female: A meditation on the cultural politics at play in representations of Venus and Serena Williams This paper considers the cultural meaning and political significance of the arrival of Venus and Serena Williams on to the women's professional tennis tour... DD...
Tennis icon and entrepreneurVenus Williamshas racked up more than a few wins in her life, both on and off the court. Throughout her career, she's learned plenty aboutmaking smart investmentsand starting her own ventures, like her interior design firm, V Starr. But overall, one of the most...
Venus Williams has been a life-long advocate for loving your body and all that it does for you. From adopting a plant-based diet, and creating a clothing brand for female athletes to look and feel their best, all the way to the countless seminars she's given on the topic, this is so...
2 As noted by Gordon Williams (1996), the poem 'established Shakespeare's reputation as erotic poet' (10) 鈥 among both men and women, it seems. Richard Halpern suggests that 'the hypothesis of a predominantly male readership is contradicted by most of the early references to Venus and ...
Venus Williams, on and off the court30 photos It was a lesson she learned early in life. She grew up in a drug- and crime-plagued area of Compton, Calif. Her parents saw tennis as a way out for their children. "My parents never told us we had to win," Williams said. "They woul...
Williams:Eating, sleeping, and training are actually the easy part—it's the mental aspects that are more challenging. I learned from a pretty early age that if I wasn't feeling confident, I didn't play as well. I wish I had that all figured out earlier on, but to be honest, it'...